Townsend v. Jaloff

The disposition of this case involves the application and exposition of a statutory provision reading:

“No vehicle shall be parked upon the main-traveled portion of the highways of this state; .provided, that this shall not apply to any vehicle so disabled as to prohibit the moving of the same.” Subd. 19, § 2, Chap. 371, Gen. Laws of Or. 1921.

The defendant requested the court to give the following instruction:

“I instruct you that under the laws of the state of Oregon the parking of a vehicle on the main-traveled portion of the highway is prohibited. The language of the statute on that subject…