Otten v. Big Lake Ice Co.

Devaney, Chief Justice.

Action brought to recover damages for personal injuries received by plaintiff when he walked into a culvert along a state trunk highway.

On March 9, 193á, shortly after eight p. m. plaintiff was en route to Clearwater, Minnesota, from Wisconsin. A punctured tire forced him to stop his automobile near Big Lake. In order to secure help he started back toward the village of Big Lake. It was dark, and he had no light. He proceeded along the shoulder of the left side of the highway facing oncoming traffic. At a point a few hundred feet from where the accident occurred there…