Underwood v. Oskaloosa Traction & Light Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Mahaska District Court. — Hon. John F. Talbott, Judge.' Action for damages resulting from a collision of plaintiff’s automobile with one of defendant’s street cars. There was a verdict for the plaintiff for $108, and the defendant appeals. —
1Opinion of the CourtEvans, J.
— The accident in question occurred on September 6, 1910, at 4 p. m. on one of the principal business streets of Oskaloosa, known as High avenue. This avenue extends east and west, and the street cars are operated upon it. The plaintiff in his automobile approached the avenue at right angles over 0 street. High avenue is eighty feet wide, and the street car track is laid upon its center line. C street is sixty-six feet wide. The structures on 0 street prevented a view east or west on High avenue, except upon near approach to its crossing. Arriving at the C street crossing on the north line of…
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