Berry v. Weeks

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dawson, C. J.:

This is another highway rear-end collision case. Berry, the plaintiff, was a bricklayer employed in Kansas City. He resided in Bonner Springs, and traveled back and forth to his work on state highway No. 32, in a Dodge sedan.

Defendant, Glen Weeks, owned and operated a Chevrolet motor truck having a semitrailer attached thereto.

On the evening of December 5, 1935, after nightfall, while defendant was driving his truck westward over highway No. 32 between Kansas City and Bonner Springs, he had some tire trouble. The weather was foggy and…