Eaves v. City of Ottumwa

Decided August 5, 1949. Theodore G. Garfield wrote the opinion for the court.

38 N.W.2d 761 · Cited 67 times

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• Pierce v. Gruben · 21 N.W.2d 881
• Orr v. Des Moines Electric Light Co. · 222 N.W. 560
• Sutcliffe v. Fort Dodge Gas & Electric Co. · 257 N.W. 406
• Rauch v. Des Moines Electric Co. · 218 N.W. 340
• George Foltis, Inc. v. City of New York · 38 N.E.2d 455
• Whetstine v. Moravec · 291 N.W. 425
• Fink v. New York Central Rd. · 56 N.E.2d 456
• Kapros v. Pierce Oil Corporation · 25 S.W.2d 777
• Highland Golf Club of Iowa Falls v. Sinclair Refining Co. · 59 F. Supp. 911
• Fowle v. Parsons · 160 Iowa 454
• Crozier v. Hawkeye Stages, Inc. · 228 N.W. 320
• Savery v. Kist · 11 N.W.2d 23
• Bauer v. Reavell · 260 N.W. 39
• Moore v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co. · 151 Iowa 353
• Waddell v. Woods · 158 Kan. 469
• Wells v. Wildin · 277 N.W. 308
• Hinkle v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co. · 227 N.W. 419
• Luther v. Jones · 261 N.W. 817
• Crouch v. National Livestock Remedy Co. · 231 N.W. 323
• Pfannebecker v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co. · 226 N.W. 161
• Brainard v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pac. Railway Co. · 151 Iowa 466
• McAdams v. Hicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co. · 205 N.W. 310
• Platter v. City of Des Moines · 21 N.W.2d 787
• Donahoe v. Gagen · 250 N.W. 892

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