Lutz v. Davis
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Jasper District Court. — Charles A. Dewey, Judge. Action to recover damages for an injury caused by a collision between an automobile driven by the plaintiff and a railroad train, at a street crossing. Verdict for the plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtFaville, J.
1. Railroads: accidents at crossings: contributory negligence. About five o’clock in the afternoon of September 21, 1918, the appellee was driving an automobile in a westerly direction on Washington Street in the town of Monroe. This street crosses the railway tracks of the Chicago, Kock Island & Pacific Kailway Company on an angle, the right of way at that point extending in a general northwesterly and southeasterly direction. The plañí?; crossing of the railroad track is not in the center of the street, but to the north side, and is described as being rough, the rails being somewhat higher…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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