Kirtley v. Irey

BARRETT, Commissioner.

On September 16, 1958, Lee W. Kirtley, sales manager of Hammon Baking Company, was driving a 1957 Ford station wagon when it was involved in a collision with a 1950 Chevrolet automobile driven by *130Joseph N. Irey. Kirtley was en route to Latham from California on Route E traveling south on the blacktop highway, and Irey and his wife, who lived near Latham were traveling north on their way to Tipton and the centennial celebration of the Butter-field Overland Mail. Kirtley and Ham-mon Baking Company instituted this action against Irey to recover $35,000 damages for his…