Meyer v. Schumacher

On law action by plaintiff-administrator for damages resulting from automobile accident, trial to jury resulted in verdict for defendants. Plaintiff appeals. We reverse.

August 17, 1966, Roger Meyer, Richard Biederman and Ronald Kraft, in a car owned and operated by the latter, went from Auburn to Breda. From there they started east and when about three miles out of town engine trouble developed. Kraft stopped the car and turned out the lights. Location of the vehicle on the highway, at that time, is in dispute. It was raining hard and very dark.

Soon an opposite direction vehicle passed.…