Cecil Hout & Motors Insurance v. State

Cecil Hout and Motors Insurance Corporation, claimants, seek recovery of $60.00 and $1,463.90, respectively, for damages to a 1959 Chevrolet automobile, which was owned and driven by Cecil Hout, and insured by the Motors Insurance Corporation.

On March 31, 1960, Cecil Hout was driving the above mentioned automobile in a northerly direction on a section of Old Route No. 45, several miles south of Effingham, Illinois. At approximately 7:00 P.M. he crashed into a pile of crushed rock, which covered the width of the road, and had been placed there by the State Division of Highways.

A Departmental…