Brown v. Lyon

-This action at law for personal injury damages sustained in a motor-vehicle collision near the intersection of Eighth and Locust Streets in Des Moines, Iowa, resulted in a verdict for defendant. Plaintiff’s motion for a new trial, predicated upon the giving of an alleged improper supplemental instruction and an exclusion of testimony by an investigating officer, was denied and plaintiff appeals. We hold the instruction given was improper and a new trial should have been granted.

This accident occurred during a rush hour in downtown Des Moines on Saturday, November 16, 1963, at about 4:30 p.m.…