Kehm v. Dilts

Between seven and eight o’clock on the evening of July 9, 1935, while riding as a passenger in the rear seat of an automobile driven by Milo Smith, in an easterly direction on a dirt road, a few miles southwest of Nora Springs, Iowa, plaintiff was injured as a result of being thrown against the top of the car, driven over a culvert and hump thereon extending across the entire roadway. The culvert was installed by the defendant under a contract with the county, about two days prior to the injury.

Plaintiff alleges that defendant was guilty of negligence in the following respects:

1. In placing a…