Strand v. Grinnell Automobile Garage Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Poweshiek District Court. — Hon. W. G. CLEMENTS, Judge. ActioN at law to recover damages for injuries received by plaintiff in an accident wbicb it is claimed was due to tbe negligence of the defendant, its agents and servants, in operating an automobile upon a public highway in Jasper county. Trial to a jury, verdict and judgment for plaintiff, and defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtDeemer, J.
That plaintiff received personal injuries due to a runaway of his horse, caused by its being frightened by an automobile 'operated by defendants, is eouceded, and the only questions of fact in the case, aside from the amount of plaintiff’s damage, are the negligence of the defendants, and the contributory negligence, or rather the want of it, on plaintiff’s part. The negligence charged in the petition is: “ That the machine was run at a high rate of speed, and plaintiff, a man of sixty-eight years of.age, while driving on the highway of Jasper county with a single horse and top buggy was met…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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