Legal Opinion
Henke v. Iowa Home Mutual Casualty Company
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided June 9, 1959No. 49722PublishedCited by 63 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPeterson, J.
June 19, 1955, at about 1:15 a.m., Richard Allen Townsend was driving his car west toward Clarksville, in Butler County, on a gravel road. He had Mr. and Mrs. W. Paul Hess with him in the front seat. Two- young girls, Mary Kelm and Betty Johnson, were in the back seat. There is substantial evidence he was driving from 95 to 95 miles an hour. There was some evidence, although not conclusive, he was racing with another car. There was heavy dust and fog, and he did not see a slight curve in the road. He kept driving straight ahead, running into the grass at the side of the road, and then into a…
2Cases cited43 opinions
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- Waters v. American Cas. Co. of Reading, PaSupreme Court of Alabama · 1953
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- Southern Fire & Casualty Co. v. NorrisCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1952
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