Trask v. Klein

This is an action at law to- recover damages caused to plaintiff’s truck when it was forced off the highway to avoid a collision with defendant Klein’s tractor. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff in the amount of $804 and the defendants appeal, .

The evidence' shows that, plaintiff’s truck was engaged in hauling gravel from McCook, Nebraska, to Oberlin, Kansas, over the graded and oiled highway between *317those two points. On January 9, 1947, about 5:15 p. m., as the truck was proceeding south it came upon defendant Klein’s tractor with two loads of hay in tow which was also being…