Poston v. Clinton

Shorett, J. †

Two automobiles collided on a paved high way divided by a white center strip. The decedent, Cecil Poston, was driving in a southerly direction in his Rambler automobile and was accompanied by Alfred B. Froelich. The other car was a Ford, driven in a northerly direction by Gerald Clinton. As a result of the collision, Poston was killed and Froelich and Clinton seriously injured. The place of impact is critical, since obviously one car crossed the white center line.

These actions were brought by Poston’s executrix and by Froelich against Clinton and his copartners, upon whose…