Rockwood v. Pierce

Knutson, Justice.

Appeal from an order denying plaintiff’s alternative motion for judgment notwithstanding a verdict for defendant or for a new trial.

This case arises out of a collision between two automobiles. Only the facts pertinent to a determination of the issues raised by the appeal will be stated. Plaintiff, Phyllis E. Rockwood, and her husband, Ralph Rockwood, lived in Janesville, Iowa. They owned a fishing cabin on Lake Francis near Elysian, Minnesota, together with Mr. and Mrs. Henry Bolt, who also resided in Janesville. About 1 a. m. on May 21, 1950, Mr. and Mrs. Rockwood and Mr.…