Nicholson v. Schroeder

On the 11th day of September, 1929, the plaintiffs’ delivery truck was being driven east on Cass street, in the city of Green Bay, by Francis Bertrand, plaintiffs’ employee. At the intersection of Cass and Roosevelt streets a collision occurred between plaintiffs’ truck and a Ford coupé owned by the defendants Schroeder, resulting in damage to the truck, to recover which this action was brought. Upon a special verdict, judgment was entered in favor of the plaintiffs. We conclude that this judgment must be reversed because of the contributory negligence of the driver of the truck.

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