Anderson v. Strack

September 28, 1943, Harold F. Bauman was driving a moving van west on U. S. Highway No. 30 in Greene County, Iowa. The paved slab was eighteen feet wide, was straight, and was practically level. The day was clear. The cab of the van was occupied by members of the Bauman family, including Barbara Jean Bauman, aged six years. Several hundred feet ahead of the Bauman van an automobile owned and operated by defendant, Emma W. Strack, was also proceeding west on said highway, en route to a cemetery a few hundred feet to the west and on the north side of the highway. Each driver was aware of the…