Keys v. Griffith

Plaintiff brought this action to recover for personal injuries sustained by him when struck by an automobile driven by the defendant. The case is here upon an appeal by the defendant from a judgment in favor of the plaintiff.

The accident happened between 10 and 11 o’clock on the evening of August 28, 1934, at a point on the Pacific highway a short distance south of Barlow. The highway at that place is a straightaway for half a mile or more in each direction and consists of a concrete pavement 20 feet in width with its center line marked and having on each side thereof a finished shoulder 10…