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P. Lansing Filed'Suit Agaflnt Annie ChHs-tensen EL ALMOLDSA suit has been filed in the dis-triot court of Humboldt county byGuy P, Lansing, father and ad-ministratorof tfie estate of Virginia: Marie Lansing, deceased, against Annie Christensen and Oscar Christensen, asking the sum of $10,000 because of the death o£ Virginia Marie Lansing in an Auto accident the night of April 6, 1935. Miss Lansing at the time of the accident was riding as a guest in . the car owned' by Annie hrls-tensen and driven by her son Oscar hristensen. ■The petition states:That on or about the 6 day of April, 1935, the plaintiff’s decedent, Virginia Marie Lansing, Was riding as a passenger in a certain automobile operated by Oscar Christensen, one of the above named defendants, at a point on a highway known as the Fort Dodge-Dakota City in the east portion of the town of Dakota City, Iowa, in the county of Humboldt, and that at said time and place said automobile, in which the decedent was a passenger, was being operated and driven by the defendant Oscar Christensen and with the consent and knowledge of the defendant Annie Christensen, the owner of said automobile.That the Baid defendant Oscar Christensen recklessly and wan-1 ^rove Bald automobile, atI ^ «• A *** .’ tfa • / V—Courtesy t Arthur KAt the state co Future Farmers he Friday, May 9 ant State college at Kirchhoff, son o Otto Kirchhoff c ship, whs elected dent of the org Kirchhoff is the ft the local Chapter s fB a graduate frOn agriculture coursi high school with tl LaBt yeaT he was selected as one of the Iowa Farmer’Drainage Ditcl Dug in 1piace,i into; andHix-ctnl frt the lielmbticTHOR, Iowa — ( of Hardy, has the ci digging of a ditch side in the alley in ' is to make better dr, basemenis- of the ] ings on, that • side Digging is .already iemploys only local0M ^Wesierh railroad-': track c r os sing |:;g bver and above the above-mea-; ; tioned highway, thereby throwing the said plaintiff's decedent into and against the front of the said automobile, thereby inflicting upon her severe bodily injuries, from the result of which she died Immediately.That the said defendant Oscar Christensen, at said time and place aforesaid, was guilty of negligence in the operation of said automobile in the following particulars, to-wit:The petition then recites five counts In which it charges that the defendant Oscar Christensen was driving and operating the car at a rapid rate and excessive rate of speedj that the speed was too great to allow him to stop within an assured clear distance; that the rate of speed was not reasonable or proper in regard to the existing conditions of the highway; that the automobile was not kept under control; and that it was being operated in a reckless manner.The petition also recites that the plaintiff was guilty of no negligence in any wise contributing to the accident, and that the accident was solely the result of the negligence of the defendant as set forth and was the proximate cause of the death of the plaintiff's decedent.(The reader should remember that the above is the petition of the plaintiff and not the findingsof the court—-Editor).iV SCHrtlinnfn] to th«, RupubTHOR, Iowa—£ bert J. Shaw has the speaker for way township sch will, be held at T May 24th. All ri Norway township attend this picnic sponsored by tl Teachers Associat of music and reei presented by ea schools beginning in the morning. Se speak at eleven morning.Following the m a picnic dinner wi the park, the ladi school district pli group for each of 1As a feature oi program the Eagh ing band which. rlt; superior rating at contest at Iowa C: in a marching der Thor main street. Play ..during the afi contests.Thor business tribute a number o program of raclm which will be cc the afternoon. Atbaseball game betrtownship rural sch
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Humboldt Republican
Humboldt, Iowa, US
Fri, May 17, 1935
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