Legal Opinion
Symmonds v. Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided May 19, 1976No. 2-57379PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REYNOLDSON, Acting Chief Justice.
This appeal presents the issue whether a county may be liable in damages for failure to place a stop sign on a secondary road at a particularly dangerous railroad crossing where no warning devices were installed by the railroad.
December 17, 1972 at about 12:45 A.M., plaintiffs’ decedents were killed when the automobile in which they were riding was struck by a Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company train operating on tracks owned by Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Company. Neither a stop sign on the highway nor any railroad…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Lindquist v. Des Moines Union Railway Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1947
- Jahnke Ex Rel. Jahnke v. Incorporated City of Des MoinesSupreme Court of Iowa · 1971
- Stanley Ex Rel. Stanley v. StateSupreme Court of Iowa · 1972
- Ehlinger v. StateSupreme Court of Iowa · 1976
- Bauman v. City of WaverlySupreme Court of Iowa · 1969
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3Cited by23 opinions
- Wilson v. NepstadSupreme Court of Iowa · 1979
- Iowa Coal Mining Co. v. Monroe CountySupreme Court of Iowa · 1996
- Estate of David Paul McFarlin by Its Personal Representative, Jamie Laass Jamie Laass, Individually And Jamie Laass, as Parent and Next Friend of S.L. v. State of IowaSupreme Court of Iowa · 2016
- Burr v. City of Cedar RapidsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1979
- Dan Dugan Transport Co. v. Worth CountySupreme Court of Iowa · 1976
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