Turner v. Bennett
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Crawford District Court. — Hon. F. M. Powers, Judge. Action for personal injuries sustained by tbe plaintiff in a runaway accident. The occasion of the accident was that the plaintiff was riding in a buggy with her sister, Mrs. Meyers. The team was nervous and somewhat afraid of automobiles.
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Appeal from Crawford District Court. — Hon. F. M. Powers, Judge. Action for personal injuries sustained by tbe plaintiff in a runaway accident. The occasion of the accident was that the plaintiff was riding in a buggy with her sister, Mrs. Meyers. The team was nervous and somewhat afraid of automobiles. The horses became frightened at an approaching automobile which was about to meet them and whirled about in the opposite direction, whereby both occupants fell out of the buggy. The defendant was the owner and driver of the automobile. There was a verdict and judgment for the plaintiff for…
1Opinion of the CourtEvans, J.
The accident occurred near the town of Beloit between 4:45 and 5:30 p. m., November 26th. The plaintiff and her sister were driving westerly toward the town. The defendant was driving from the town easterly. The traveled part of the road was somewhat narrow at the place of the accident, being sixteen or eighteen feet wide. The defendant first came into view of the team when he was three hundred feet or more distant therefrom. About ten rods in advance of the team at that time was a man on horseback. This was Patehin who appeared as a witness for the plaintiff on the trial. Patehin was also…
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