Slabaugh v. Eldon Miller, Inc.

On July 3, 1950, Isaac D. Yoder, then nineteen years of age, was driving a Chevrolet truck in a northerly direction on U. S. Highway 218' between Iowa City and Cedar Rapids. The action herein, so far as Yoder is concerned, is prosecuted in the name of his guardian.

The truck was owned by the other plaintiff, Simon Mullett. Yoder was an employee and was engaged in Mullett’s business. He was accompanied by Richard Gingerich, then fifteen years of age, who was not an employee of Mullett.

At a point roughly one-half way between Iowa City and Cedar Rapids, and about one and one-half miles southeast…