Clanton v. Chrisman

About one o’clock on the afternoon of August 30, 1932, Melvin Chris-man, a minor, was riding on a wagon loaded with poles driven by his grandfather, W. S. Mundell. The wagon was drawn by a team of horses, and was traveling north on United States Highway No. 277, about half a mile south of Newcastle bridge over the South Canadian river. Melvin Chrisman was sitting on the poles toward the rear of the wagon facing south. The pavement was level, the weather was clear, and the vision unobstructed for half a mile or more either way. The wagon was traveling on its right-hand side of the road, going…