Jones Ex Rel. Jones v. Peterson

Fourteen-year-old plaintiff John Jones was injured when the horse he was riding collided with the automobile defendant Arnold E. Peterson was driving. A jury verdict and judgment was for defendants and plaintiff appeals. We affirm the judgment of the district court.

For purposes of this appeal, we accept the version of the facts testified to- by plaintiff’s witness as to liability. Plaintiff himself remembers nothing of the accident. Defendant, proceeding northeast on an asphalt county road, rounded a curve onto the east-west highway at 40 to 45 miles per hour and in so doing swerved into the…