Roth v. Blomquist

Rose; J.

Jacob C. Roth, plaintiff, brought this action to recover from Charles Blomquist, defendant, $11,400 in damages for alleged negligence. While plaintiff in a Ford coupé was driving westward with his wife on the Lincoln Highway in Valley after dark on the evening of November 17, 1924, he ran into a wagon in which Thomas Corbett, a farm-hand in the employ of defendant, was driving a team of horses northward at a farm crossing. Plaintiff and his wife were injured and his coupé was damaged. The negligence imputed to defendant is that his employee, without any light on the team or wagon,…