Simmons ex rel. Simmons v. Lewis
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from, Iowa District .Court. — Hon. B. P. Howell, Judge. Action to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have resulted to plaintiff from the negligence of defendant Winifred Lewis in operating an automobile in such a negligent manner as to frighten a team of horses causing them to break loose from a vehicle to which they were attached and to run upon plaintiff.
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Appeal from, Iowa District .Court. — Hon. B. P. Howell, Judge. Action to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have resulted to plaintiff from the negligence of defendant Winifred Lewis in operating an automobile in such a negligent manner as to frighten a team of horses causing them to break loose from a vehicle to which they were attached and to run upon plaintiff. At the conclusion of the evidence, the court on motion directed a verdict for defendants, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtMcClain, J.
Defendants are husband and wife. On a day on which the County Pair was being held at the Pair Grounds, about one-half mile east of Marengo, and while many people were passing on foot and in vehicles along the street, leading from the town to the Pair Grounds, the defendant Winifred Lewis, running an automobile owned by her husband, proceeded along said highway from the town towards the Pair Grounds. When she came within about two city blocks in distance from the entrance to the Pair Grounds, and while proceeding on the north side of the street, she came to buggies mov*318ing in the same direction…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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