Kokenge v. Holthaus

At all times pertinent hereto defendant has been a resident of Kansas. These four actions were brought in April 1949 in the District Court of Crawford County, Iowa, for damages for' personal injuries suffered by the four plaintiffs in November 1944, arising out of the operation by defendant on a public highway in said county of an automobile in which plaintiffs were riding as his guests. Jurisdiction of defendant was obtained under the act frequently called the Nonresident Motorist Service Act, now sections 321.498 to 321.511, inclusive, Code of Iowa, 1950.

Prior to these actions two of the…