Peterson v. Jewel Tea Co. Inc.

Loring, Chief Justice.

Plaintiff below appeals from a judgment entered for defendants notwithstanding a verdict for $900.

In endeavoring to avoid a collision with the truck of defendant Jewel Tea Company, plaintiff’s truck, driven by one Arthur W. Paulson, loaded with six tons of lime, struck a telephone pole, which caused the truck to overturn. Plaintiff brought suit to recover for damage to his truck. He alleged that defendant Clara Hoskins, a saleslady driving a light truck for the Jewel company, entered the highway from a gas-station service road going in the same direction as plaintiff’s…