Swan v. Dailey-Luce Auto Co.

Plaintiff, while crossing a street intersection as a pedestrian in the town of Lineville, Iowa, at about ten o’clock p. m. on March 29, 1933, was struck by an automobile owned by the Dailey-Luce Auto Company and driven by the defendant Howard Dailey in a southerly direction. The allegations of negligence submitted to the jury were substantially as follows:

First, that defendant failed to have said car under control and failed to reduce the speed thereof so that the same could be stopped within the assured clear distance ahead.

Second, that defendant failed to keep a proper lookout for…