Scofield v. Haskell

This is an appeal from a judgment for $6,162.17 from the district court for Valley County, rendered on a verdict in favor of Harold E. Scofield, plaintiff, and against John Haskell, defendant, for personal injuries and property damage sustained because of the alleged negligence of the defendant.

Plaintiff, driving his GMC pickup to the south and east on highway No. 11 at a speed of 50 to- 60 miles per hour, approached the defendant’s 1948 Dodge from the rear. Plaintiff testified that at a point 1% miles southeast of Ord, when plaintiff was 30 to 40 feet behind the defendant, the passing lane…