Goodman v. Gonse

On the morning of May 30, 1952, Lyle Gonse with his two nieces, his landlady, plaintiff’s decedent Dorothy Ann Bowlin, 80, and her daughter Mrs. Poague, 59, left St. Joseph, Missouri, for plaintiff’s home in Melbourne, Iowa. He was driving his 1942 Buick four-door sedan headed up U. S. Highway No-. 69 about a mile south of Osceola, Iowa, when the accident occurred of which plaintiff complains and which allegedly caused the death of Mrs. Bowlin.

From the testimony these facts appear without serious dispute. The mishap occurred sometime before 11 a. m. The defendant was driving between 40 and 50…