Lauth v. Woodruff

The highway known as US-131 extends in a northerly direction from the city of Kalamazoo. Something less than half a mile north of the city limits the Brookside Inn is located on the westerly side of this highway. In that locality the concrete surface of the road is 20 feet in width. In the early evening of August 5, 1932, defendant and two companions were proceeding in his automobile in a northerly direction from Kalamazoo along this highway, going 30 to 35 miles per hour, their destination being the Brookside Inn. The three were occupying the front seat of defendant’s Pierce Arrow…