Olson v. Truax

This is a law action to recover for injuries from a daytime collision between plaintiff’s Chrysler sedan and defendant’s loaded gravel truck at a country intersection of gravel roads. We disregard the fact Leslie E. Truax, alleged part owner of the truck, was joined as defendant with his son Donald, the driver. At the close of the evidence the trial court directed a verdict for defendant Donald on plaintiff’s claim on the ground of plaintiff’s contributory negligence and the further conclusion that the doctrine of last clear chance, pleaded in Count II of plaintiff’s petition, is not…