Smith v. Pust

The accident occurred on the morning of March 30, 1940, about two miles south of Elkader on primary highway No. 13. Robert Dinan was the driver of the car in which appellee was riding and Emogene Bassett drove appellant’s car, in which were four passengers.

As appellant’s principal contention is that his motion for directed verdict should have been sustained, that there was not sufficient evidence of negligence or proximate cause to take the case to the jury, we will refer to the testimony most favorable to appellee where there is a conflict in the evidence.

While Mrs. Bassett was driving north…