State v. Urbanek

REES, Justice.

Appellant, State of Iowa, brought action to recover for property damage to its bridge on U. S. Highway No. 61 in Zwin-gle, Iowa, as consequence of appellee’s truck colliding with bridge. This cause was tried to a jury. Appellee’s motion to direct made at close of plaintiff’s case was sustained, and appellant’s motion for new trial was overruled. We affirm.

Three witnesses were called and examined by appellant, the deputy sheriff who investigated the accident, the resident maintenance engineer for the Iowa highway commission, and the appellee called by the appellant as an adverse…