Reynolds v. Aller

The accident that gave rise to this suit occurred on December 12, 1937, at about 7 p. m. At that time primary highways No. 65 and No. 69, designated also as federal highways, in their route through Des Moines were located for a considerable distance upon East 14th street of that city. The portion of this street, traversed by these highways, that is material to our discussion extends south 886 feet from an east and west intersecting street known as Court avenue. This portion of East 14th street had been opened to traffic a week or ten days prior to the accident. New paving had been laid, 42…