Batliner v. Sallee

— Plaintiff was the owner and operator of an automobile which collided at an intersection in Council Bluffs, Iowa, with a semitrailer truck owned by defendant Harper Sand, Inc., and driven by defendant Sallee. Plaintiff had the right-of-way. The case was tried to the court. Defendants did not offer any evidence and at the close of all evidence made a motion for directed verdict on which the trial court reserved ruling.

The following day the court found as a matter of fact that the plaintiff failed to keep a proper lookout, reduce his speed to a reasonable and proper rate and to have his car…