Grennell v. Cass County
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Auclubon District Court. — E. B. 'Woodruff, Judge. The six above entitled cases are all of the same character, and dependent upon like statements of fact. In each, a recovery is sought of damages for personal injury; and in each case, the appeal to this court is from a ruling by the trial court sustaining’ a demurrer to the petition, as finally amended and substituted. The material allegations of the petition will be found stated in the following opinion.
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Appeal from Auclubon District Court. — E. B. 'Woodruff, Judge. The six above entitled cases are all of the same character, and dependent upon like statements of fact. In each, a recovery is sought of damages for personal injury; and in each case, the appeal to this court is from a ruling by the trial court sustaining’ a demurrer to the petition, as finally amended and substituted. The material allegations of the petition will be found stated in the following opinion. The situation will be more readily understood if we say at the outset that the injuries to all the six plaintiffs were received…
1Opinion of the CourtWeaver, J.
— The petition demurred to alleges that, on July 12, 1920, the defendant Cass County and the defendant Wilson Concrete Company, hereinafter spoken of as the contractor, entered into a written agreement, whereby said contractor undertook, for a stated consideration, to furnish the necessary labor and materials, and to construct a bridge or culvert and bulkhead on the primary road between the cities of Atlantic and Lewis, according to the plans and specifications prescribed therefor, and made a part of the contract. Among the specifications so included are the following:
“The contractor shall…
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