Clark v. Berry Seed Co.

— -For some period of time prior to January 9, 1936, plaintiff-appellee was in the employment of the Bell Transfer Company, and on said date was engaged in operating a freight truck on a regular run between Kansas City and Des Moines, over highway No. 69. On said date he was operating what is known as a tractor-trailer truck, consisting of a Chevro let track with trailer attacked thereto by what is known as a “fifth wheel”. On the evening of January 8, 1936, appellee left Des Moines with a pay load of 16,000 pounds, and started for Kansas City. Finding the pavement in southern Iowa icy and…