THOMPSON v. PETERSON

No. 35,416.

235 Minn. 142 (1951)

JOHN C. THOMPSON, d.b.a. THE THOMPSON OIL COMPANY, v. PETER PETERSON.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

November 16, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ryan, Ryan, Ryan & Ebert, for appellant.

Sullivan & Swenson, Doherty, Rumble, Butler & Mitchell, and Richard J. Leonard, for respondent.


KNUTSON, JUSTICE.

Appeal from a judgment in favor of defendant entered pursuant to an order of the trial court granting defendant's motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict of a jury in favor of plaintiff.

The facts are not seriously in dispute. Defendant is employed by the state highway department as a truck operator. On December 15, 1948, at about 11:15 a.m., he was driving a two-ton state highway truck on trunk highway No. 371 about nine miles north...

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