Heisdorffer v. Hammes

Plaintiff, in a trial to- a jury, recovered a verdict in the amount of $3500 on account of injuries sustained when the ear which he was driving was struck from the rear by a car being driven by defendant Charles C. Hammes. The trial court thereafter sustained defendant’s motion for a new trial and plaintiff appeals.

While the evidence is in conflict on some matters, the record shows that on the night of August 21, 1948, appellant, driving a car owned by one Raymond Hunt, left Keota, Iowa, and was proceeding south on Highway No. 77, a “blacktop” road. The night was generally clear but with an…