Wendel v. Carlson

Plaintiff, George D. Wendel, brought this actipn against defendant, Melvin Carlson, seeking to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been proximately caused by negligence of defendant when a Ford truck driven by defendant from the west and a borrowed Chevrolet car driven by plaintiff from the south, collided át an intersection of county roads. Defendant traversed the allegations of plaintiff’s petition by answer and cross-petition, denying generally and alleging that while driving at a lawful speed, defendant entered the intersection first and had traveled almost the entire…