Needy v. Littlejohn
Supreme Court of Iowa
IAppeal from Buchanan District Court.— Hón. P. C. Platt, Judge. Action at law to recover damages for injuries sustained by plaintiff due, as is alleged, to defendant’s negligence in operating an automobile. Trial to a jury; verdict and judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtDeemer, J.
1. Automobile accident: negligence: excessive speed: evidence. Plaintiff claims that while driving upon a highway, the traveled part of which was not more than twenty-one feet in width, with a single horse and buggy, he met defendant who was driving an automobile; that defendant approached him on the left or wrong side of the highway, was going at an unusual and dangerous fate of speed, and that, in passing, his (plaintiff’s) horse took fright, jumped from the traveled portion of the track down a rather steep embankment at the side thereof, and caused the injuries of which he complains.…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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