Fidelity & Casualty Co. v. Christenson

Defendant appeals from an order denying his alternative motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial.

At sis o’clock p. m. on February 24, 1927, one Sechter parked his automobile truck in a business section of St. Paul on the north side of University avenue. In violation of a statute the red tail light on the truck was not lighted; Sechter intentionally left it in that condition. The avenue was well lighted on both sides by electric street lamps standing about 15 feet high and about 117 feet apart, each located about one foot from the curb. There were other automobiles…