McClure v. Richard

— On January 6, 1937, the plaintiff, W. A. McClure, was riding from Des Moines to Chariton, Iowa, on paved highway No. 69, in a closed delivery type of truck owned and driven by his son-in-law, W. L. Ruddell. The doors of the truck were in the rear end and opened outward from the -center, and the truck was loaded with merchandise. When they left Des Moines about 6 :30 p. m. the weather was dark and misty, and as they proceeded on their way the mist began to freeze on the windshield and to form a coat of ice on the paved road. When Ruddell had reached a point some distance north of Indianola…