State v. Carlson

The facts and circumstances immediately preceding and leading up to the arrest of the defendant are as follows:

Linn Street runs east and west, and Sixth Street runs north and south in the city of Marshalltown, Iowa. Both streets are paved. The paving is quite narrow, 24 feet between the curbs on Linn Street as it proceeds east of Sixth Street. The pavement on Sixth Street is 22 feet and one inch between curbs as it proceeds south of Linn Street.

On June 14, 1935, about six o’clock p. m., defendant while driving west on Linn Street approached the intersection of these two streets, intending to…