Yale v. Hanson

Jackson street is one of tbe main thoroughfares in Sioux City, 42 feet wide between curbs, marked as a boulevard, and carrying a heavy burden of traffic. Plaintiff, an electrician, 45 years of age, and for 21 years a resident of Sioux City, was thoroughly familiar with this street and the extent to which it was used as an arterial highway. He traveled it nearly every day.

At about 8 to 8:30 o ’clock on the evening of December 23, 1937, plaintiff was driving south in the right or west lane of this street. The evening was cloudy with a light mist or sleet causing a gathering of ice on…