Savery v. Kist

The suits brought by the plaintiffs stem from an automobile accident that happened on August 23, 1940, in Atlantic, Iowa. On that day a traetor-and-trailer combination proceeded unattended down an alley and street in Atlantic and crashed into the U-Z-U Rite Café, damaging the building and the café equipment, and injuring a patron in the café. The owner of the building, the operator of the café, and the injured patron are the plaintiffs whose suits against the truck owner were consolidated. Before the cases came on for trial the Central Surety and Insurance Corporation of Kansas City,…