Callahan v. Amos D. Bridges Sons, Inc.

An hour and a half before sunset on September 22, 1928, the automobile of the plaintiff and the self-propelling steam shovel of the defendant were being operated, in opposite directions, upon a highway in the town of Livermore. They collided.

The steam shovel was on the wrong side of the road. That is, instead of being to the right of the middle of the traveled part of the way, so far that it and the automobile could pass without interference, the shovel was to the left of that middle. R. S., Chap. 26, Sec. 2, as amended.

This is the only allegation of negligence.

On issue joined, plaintiff…