Kneppe v. Huismann

On the evening of March 2, 1936, plaintiff, in company with his son and one other, drove to Parkersburg, in Butler county, Iowa, to purchase some chicken coops. While there, the plaintiff had new batteries and a new bulb placed in an ordinary flashlight. Having done this he proceeded toward his home, approximately a mile and a half from Parkersburg, riding upon the coops, so placed upon boards in the wagon that they extended a short distance above the top of a triple wagon box. The wagon was of the ordinary narrow wheel farm type. The plaintiff so placed himself on the coops that he was about…