EHRHARDT v. RUAN TRANSPORT CORP.

No. 48354.

61 N.W.2d 696 (1953)

EHRHARDT et al. v. RUAN TRANSPORT CORP. et al.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

December 15, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jordan & Jordan, Cedar Rapids, for appellants.

V. C. Shuttleworth and C. W. Garberson, Cedar Rapids, for appellees.


Larson, Justice.

This collision on Highway 13 about 8 miles north of Manchester, Iowa, occurred on December 14, 1948, about 3:00 or 3:30 P.M. The plaintiff Edward H. Ehrhardt was operating a 1947 Chevrolet 1½ ton truck owned by his employer, the plaintiffs Edward F. Hopton and Gene Hopton, d/b/a Cedar Rapids Renderers, loaded with about a ton of deceased cattle and hogs, when it collided with the defendant Ruan Transport Corporation's tractor-trailer carrying...

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