Staples v. City of Spencer

The accident causing the injury which is the basis of this action occurred on the forenoon of December 11, 1934, in the city of Spencer, Iowa, as the plaintiff was passing from the southwest corner of the intersection of Main and Fourth Streets to the southeast corner of said intersection. Main Street runs north and south and constitutes primary roads U. S. 18 and U. S. 71, and Fourth Street extending east and west is also a heavily traveled street. This crossing was therefore perhaps the busiest thoroughfare for pedestrians, and likewise vehicular traffic on the highway over Main and Fourth…