Strom v. Des Moines & Central Iowa Railway Co.

This is a law action to recover for serious personal injuries sustained by plaintiff, Mrs. Strom, age 36, in a collision between the 1948 Ford automobile she was driving and a freight train of defendant. There was a jury verdict for *1056plaintiff for $16,000.. Upon return of the verdict the trial court on his own motion entered judgment for defendant, based on plaintiff’s contributory negligence, notwithstanding the verdict.

Upon this appeal by plaintiff the contention most vigorously urged is that the issue of freedom from contributory negligence was one of fact for the jury, not of law for the…