Koruc v. Schroeder

The accident occurred on September 1, 1957, at 7 p. m. while it was still daylight, on County Highway T in the Chequamegon National Forest in Taylor county. The highway was a very narrow, hilly, and winding gravel road through a heavily forested area. The place of collision was the approximate crest of a steep hill at which point the traveled portion of the road was 19 feet wide with a high bank or “cut” on each side. There were no usable shoulders, the banks rising abruptly from the edge of the road on either side.

Each driver testified that as he approached the crest of the hill he was on…