Giessel v. Columbia County

The accident occurred on October 11, 1945, and resulted in' the death of Harold Giessel, fifteen years old, who was the son of plaintiffs. At about 6:30 on the night in question, Fred Graack, a truck driver for Columbia county, drove a county-owned truck loaded with wood to the Haynes home in Portage. On reaching the vicinity of the Haynes home he backed the truck west in an alley to a point nearly opposite the Haynes home. This put him in the vicinity of the center of the block which was unoccupied and the alleys of the block were often used by children as a place to play. It was dark and…