Pestotnik v. Balliet

This case grows out of a collision which took place about 4 p. m., August 14, 1941, at a highway intersection in the town of Ogden, Boone County, Iowa. The collision was between a gravel truck operated by DeWayne Pestotnik and á Studebaker coupé operated by G. F. Balliet, the defendant herein. The truck was traveling northward on paved Highway No. 169, while the coupé was traveling eastward on a paved cut-off beginning from Highway No. 30 just west of Ogden and ending at No. 169. This cut-off enabled travelers to take No. 169 south from Ogden without going through the business district of…