Elliott v. Hansen

This is an action for damages suffered in an automobile collision. The action was tried in the district court of the eighteenth judicial district, Gallatin County. Plaintiff, John A. Elliott appeals from the final judgment of the district court entered on a jury verdict in favor of defendant Easmus M. Hansen.

At approximately 8:30 a.m. on June 11, 1970, automobiles driven by the litigants herein collided near Bozeman, Montana, at the intersection of U.S. Highway 191 and State Highway 291, known locally as the “Four Corners”. The Four Corners intersection was controlled by a stop sign at each…