Apgar v. Hoffman Construction Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Case, J.

The action arises out of a motor vehicle collision which occurred March 18th, 1937, on State Highway 3STo. 29 — then a three-lane road — a short distance west of Plain-field. Judgment went for plaintiffs, and defendant appeals.

There was evidence from which a jury could resolve these factual findings: Defendant’s employe was driving westwardly along the highway, a combined vehicle of the type known as tractor-and-trailer, with a length over all slightly more than thirty-eight feet. The automobile tractor was eighteen feet long; the height to the…