Magda v. Johns

Litchfield road, an ordinary rural highway surfaced with gravel, extends east-west in Hills-dale county. At the time and place of present concern the traveled portion was 24 feet wide. The highway fronts on the northerly side of plaintiff’s farmstead. The farmstead, and the driveway leading therefrom to the highway, are at the crest of a hill. The downward slope of the highway, to the west from the intersecting driveway, is somewhat greater than the downward slope to the east. The gradients are, as we gather from the testimony, sufficient to reduce substantially a motorist’s view ahead, of…