Northwestern Transit, Inc. v. Wagner

Appellee brought this action against appellant to recover for injuries sustained in a collision between appellee’s Ford truck and appellant’s Dodge tractor-trailer unit. The collision occurred shortly after midnight, November 8, 1943, in LaPorte County, Indiana, on U. S. Highway No. 20 which is a concrete pavement about 40 feet wide, divided into four lanes, and runs east and west.

Appellee’s tractor and trailer had been proceeding east on said Highway No. 20 and stopped because of tire trouble and was standing facing east in the south lane of said highway. Appellee was traveling east on said…