Guttenfelder v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad

This action grows out of a collision between an eastbound passenger train of defendant-railway company and an automobile driven by Walter Guttenfelder, Jr., son of plaintiff, in the town of Durant, Iowa, wherein the driver was killed. Plaintiff sued to recover funeral expenses and loss of services of said minor son. The accident happened about 10 a.m. on February 26, 1950, at the intersection of a public street crossing where Calhoun Street of said town crosses the Rock Island tracks.

I. Plaintiff’s petition was in two counts, each based upon *757a claim of negligence: (1) In the negligent…