Murphy v. Iowa Electric Co.

Only one question is presented for determination, and that is whether or not this cause should have been submitted to the jury. In order to arrive at a solution for the problem, a careful consideration of the facts is first necessary.

Historically they áre the following: James R.-Shipley, in the year 1922, secured a contract with the Iowa state highway commission and the board of supervisors of Guthrie County to grade á part of the main road between Guthrie Center and .Panora. This thoroughfare is known as the Panora Speedway. That contractor retained the west portion of this work for himself,…