Jablinske v. Eckstrom

Dell, Chief Justice.

This action arises out of an intersection collision between a truck owned and operated by the plaintiff and a school bus owned by the defendant H. H. Eckstrom and operated by his nephew, the defendant Ivan Eckstrom. There was a verdict for the plaintiff, and defendants appeal from an order denying their alternative motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or a new trial.

We, of course, consider the evidence in the light most favorable to the verdict. Plaintiff, 58 years of age, on October 6, 1954, was driving his truck loaded with gravel in a southerly direction on…