Hansen v. State

Jack Axel Hansen was deputy sheriff of Wright County from June 20, 1950, to June 3, 1953, when he lost his life in an automobile wreck. He was the only deputy. On June 2 the sheriff made the suggestion to Deputy Hansen that he take the next morning off to go fishing, and the sheriff would do the same some morning later in the week. He instructed Hansen that he must be back by noon because he was leaving at twelve o’clock for a peace officers’ meeting at Iowa Falls. Mrs. Hansen testified her husband planned to go fishing at Clear Lake, Iowa. He loaded his fishing tackle in the car and left…