STEWART v. HILTON

No. 48925.

77 N.W.2d 637 (1956)

Grace STEWART, Appellee, v. Watson A. HILTON, Jr., Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

June 19, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hyland & Hyland, Tama, for appellant.

Dickens & Mickelson, Toledo, Lundy, Butler & Lundy, and Donald C. Wilson, Eldora, for appellee.


GARFIELD, Justice.

Defendant motorist, age 20, struck and seriously injured plaintiff, age about 55, while she was walking with her invalid sister at dusk across U.S. Highway 63 in the city of Toledo. The ladies were crossing the 18-foot pavement at a point not within a crosswalk at an intersection. Trial resulted in a jury verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $15,000. Defendant has appealed.

I. Plaintiff advances a number of technical grounds for affirmance...

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