Countryman v. Ronspies

Kokjer, District Judge.

This is an action instituted by the plaintiff against the defendant to recover damages claimed to have been sustained by her on October 21, 1962, at about 6:35 p.m., when defendant’s Hereford cow came suddenly into her lane of traffic as she was driving north on U.S. Highway No. 81, causing a collision with other cars. Defendant’s motion for directed verdict was overruled and the case was submitted to the jury which returned a verdict for plaintiff. Defendant’s subsequent motion for a judgment in his favor notwithstanding the verdict or, in the alternative, for a new…