Kadlec v. Al. Johnson Construction Co.

On the night of July 3, 1931, plaintiff, in company with two other young men, was driving his automobile north on Main street in Monona, Iowa. He collided with a truck parked on the easterly side of the street without headlights, taillight, illuminated number plates, warning device, or reflectors. Main street was twenty-four feet wide between curbs. The truck was used by the construction company on a local paving job, and was owned by the defendant Baker. It was a large ten-ton" double rear wheel truck, had become stained with cement, and was of a gray cement color about the same color as the…