Jacobs v. Belland

Action to recover for personal injuries. There was a verdict for the plaintiff. The defendants appeal from an order denying their alternative motion for judgment or a new trial.

The plaintiff was driving his auto towards Duluth from the west. The defendants were driving a truck in the same direction, had some trouble with the machine, ran out of gas, and parked at the right-hand side of the road. The evidence sustains a finding that they had no parking light. The plaintiff, approaching the truck from the west, ran his auto into it and was injured. The accident occurred on May 18, 1926, towards…