Covey v. Anderson

This is a suit for damages for personal injuries received in an automobile accident. At the close of evidence on behalf of plaintiff, the court instructed a verdict for defendant. On overruling the motion for a new trial, the court dismissed plaintiff’s action, and plaintiff appealed.

In support of a petition which stated a cause of action,, the evidence shows the following. On November 11, 1934,. after dark, plaintiff was riding as a guest with defendant in his car on their return from Gering to Mitchell. As the car, driven north by defendant, approached a culvert over a lateral irrigation…