Legal Opinion

Bates v. Franson

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided June 11, 1936No. Docket No. 51, Calendar No. 38,834PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtButzel, J.

On June 30, 1935, at about 1:30 a. m. a 1929 Oldsmobile coach while driven by plaintiff, its owner, in a northerly direction, collided with a 1934 Ford sedan, while driven by defendant, its owner, in a southerly direction. The collision occurred about a mile south of Channing, Michigan, on M-95, a State trunk highway whose hard packed gravel road is about 25 feet in width and without a demarcation line in the center. The night was clear and there were no obstructions on the road. The cars collided about 200 feet south of the apex of a slight slope or hill from which the road curves to the…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Harding v. BlankenshipMichigan Supreme Court · 1936
  2. Pinkerton Bros. v. BromleyMichigan Supreme Court · 1901

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Wright v. BarronMichigan Supreme Court · 1947
  2. Pembor v. MarcusMichigan Supreme Court · 1943
  3. People v. FosterMichigan Court of Appeals · 1968

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