McKenzie v. Ruggles Construction Co.

*760The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dawson, J.:

This was an action by the plaintiff, Bessie A. McKenzie, for the death of her husband, who was killed in an automobile accident while journeying between Hutchinson and Pratt one evening in April, 1927. The main road running east and west between these two cities is federal and state highway 54 and familiarly known as the Cannon-ball road. About four miles east of Pratt the highway coming from the east curved to the left and south, crossed the Ninnescah river, and then swung to the right until it regained the distance it had veered from the…