Slack v. Nease

In an action for damages following an intersection collision of motor vehicles a jury returned a verdict for plaintiff. The trial court sustained a motion by defendant for judgment notwithstanding the verdict and in the alternative (in the event of reversal thereof) sustained a motion for new trial. Plaintiff appeals.

Plaintiff, 73 years old and retired, was, in the early evening of October 3, 1960, driving his 1952 Ford north on Washington Street in Hamburg, Iowa. The street was clear. It was not slippery. He was proceeding slowly. He testified his speed was not over 15 miles per hour.…