Swain v. Anders

This is an action for $10,000 damages for the death of plaintiff's husband, who was killed in a collision between the automobile he was operating and a truck traveling in the opposite direction on Highway 62 in New Madrid County. The jury returned a verdict for defendants, and plaintiff has appealed.

The petition charged defendants (the operator of the truck and his employer) with negligence (1) in failing to keep a look-out ahead, and laterally, for the presence and approach of other vehicles on the highway; (2) in failing to drive as close to the right hand side of the highway as practicable…