Olson v. Purity Baking Co.

Gust Kinetz, who was driving an auto truck for defendant from Duluth to the Iron Bange, noticing that the generator for the lighting system was not properly charging the battery, stopped on the Miller trunk highway some 23 miles north of Duluth at about 1:30 a. m. on the morning of August 1, 1930, for the purpose of putting some dressing on the belt operating the generator to prevent its slipping. As the truck was thus standing, a Ford sedan driven by plaintiff’s brother came up .from behind, crashed into the truck, and burst into flames. In the front seat of the Ford beside the driver was…