Gleason v. Baack

This is an action for personal injuries suffered by the plaintiff (appellee herein) in a collision upon the highway between the automobile in which she was riding and defendant’s truck, which had temporarily stopped upon the highway. The cause was tried to a jury, and a verdict returned in favor of the plaintiff in the sum of $3,250. Motion for a new trial was overruled. Defendant appeals.

The record discloses the following facts: John Doherty, *274the owner of a 1928 DeSoto coach automobile, was driving on the evening of November 28, 1937, from Greeley to Grand Island, Nebraska, accompanied by…