Law Ex Rel. Law v. Hemmingsen

Plaintiff, a little girl of four, was seriously and permanently injured in a collision between a Chevrolet automobile driven by her father in which she and her mother were riding and a gasoline tank truck driven by defendant Hem-mingsen, owned by defendant Putnam. The collision occurred February 29, 1952, just before dawn, on U. S. Highway 75 about 1% miles north of Council Bluffs. The Law car was proceeding south, the truck north. The collision was near a slight curve to the east—left for the Law car, right for the truck—in the 18-foot paved roadway. The three occupants of the Chevrolet were…