Cerny v. Secor

The action was most thoroughly and meticulously tried by both sides. The evidence is elaborate. Appellants’ principal contentions are that the evidence is insufficient to show reckless operation, or that the accident was the proximate result of reckless operation. Defendants contend that the evidence does show affirmatively that there was a defect in de fendant’s car, and that such defect was the proximate canse of the accident.

The accident occurred shortly before 11 P.M., November 11, 1928, a short distance north of Iowa City, on a paved primary highway. Defendant Secor resides in Iowa City,…