Wicker v. North States Construction Co. Inc.

There are two cases. Plaintiffs are husband and wife, and each seeks to recover for loss arising out of injuries received while plaintiffs were riding together in the husband’s automobile. The jury found for each of the plaintiffs. Defendant has appealed from separate orders denying its alternative motion for judgment non obstante or a new trial in each case.

Defendant is engaged in construction work and builds bridges and culverts. In the summer of 1929 it constructed a monolithic culvert for Olmsted county on a public highway known as state aid road No. 5 running east and Vest. This highway…