Scoville v. Clear Lake Bakery

The defendant is a co-partnership engaged in the operation of a bakery at Clear Lake. It was the owner of a truck operated by its employee, Fankel. The accident under consideration occurred on February 28, 1930, at about 11:30 A. M., on U. S. highway #18, at a point about two miles east of the town of Sexton, in Kossuth County. The evidence in the case is not in conflict. On the morning of the date named, the defendant’s employee, Fankel, was driving his truck. The engine of the truck quite suddenly “died,” without any cause known to the driver. The driver made repeated efforts to start the…