Nelson v. Mitten

Chris Nelson is a farmer residing in Shelby county, Iowa, about 10 miles northeast of Harlan, and was, at the time of the injuries he received, fifty-nine years of age. His hearing was good; his eyesight was good; and he had no defect in walk. He was familiar with the operation of automobiles and trucks.

Clayton Mitten was an experienced truck operator and owned and operated a truck. The injuries of which Chris Nelson, the appellant, complains, occurred at his own farm, between 9 and Hi o’clock on the forenoon of September 9, 1932. At the request of a brother of the appellant, Neis Nelson, who…