Yurkew v. Swen

Knutson, Justice.

This is an appeal from an order of the trial court denying a motion for a new trial.

The case arises out of alleged injuries which plaintiff claims she sustained as the result of the negligence of defendants. Many of the facts are not in dispute. The case involves the operation of several automobiles on an extremely slippery highway.

On March 3, 1955, at about 8 o’clock in the evening, Avis E. Yurkew, who will be referred to hereinafter as plaintiff, was driving an automobile owned by her husband, Anthony Yurkew, in a northerly direction on University Avenue Northeast in…