MacLearn v. Iowa Southern Utilities Co.

On July 18, 1926, in the City of Ottumwa, Dorothy MacLearn, the daughter of the administrator, was struck by an automobile, driven by the defendant Aaron Fellows, just as she had alighted from a street ear, owned and operated by. the defendant-Southern Utilities Company.

This action was brought in the first instance in the district court of Wapello County against both, defendants and was later transferred, upon motion for change of venue, to Van Burén County, which was the residence of - the defendants Fellows. This defendant was awarded a separate trial and such trial was had in Van Burén…