Winchester v. Sipp

A mother, her son, and daughter-in-law lost their lives in a motor-vehicle collision on April 8, 1955. The actions by the administrator of each of the estates were consolidated for trial and are so presented here.

The collision occurred in Mills County on Highway No. 34. Plaintiff’s decedents were traveling east in a passenger car and a wrecker towing an automotive tractor was going west. At the point of collision the wrecker became detached from the towed tractor and crossed over the center line of the pavement to the south causing the collision. The towed tractor went into the ditch on the…