Legal Opinion
Schmitt v. Jenkins Truck Lines, Inc.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided September 5, 1969No. 53082PublishedCited by 169 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MASON, Justice.
This appeal involves two law actions tried jointly to a jury in which plaintiffs as administrators of the estates of Dorothy T. and her husband Theodore G. Schmitt sought damages for the death of their decedents.
Defendants are Jenkins Truck Lines, Inc., lessee of a tractor-trailer unit, Violet H. Sorge, owner and lessor thereof and Earlyn W. Quirren, operator of the unit.
January 15, 1965, about 6 a. m. Quirren was. driving the tractor unit north on U. S. highway 69. Approximately 4(4 miles south of Blairsburg in Hamilton County a collision occurred between the unit and a…
2Cases cited130 opinions
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