Stedman v. Norlin

Thomas Gallagher, Justice.

Appeal from a judgment based upon directed verdicts for defendants in an action for damages sustained as the result of an automobile accident.

The accident happened shortly after dark on October 6, 1951, on U. S. highway No. 10 about two miles east of Staples. At the point of impact, highway No. 10 is “blacktop” surfaced. It extends easterly and westerly, approximately 28 feet in width, and is comparatively level and straight for some distance both ways. The shoulders thereof are wide and slope gradually from the edge of the blacktop. The road surface was dry at the…