Blaschke v. City of Watertown

Many questions are raised by the appealing defendant. We have considered them, but deem only one worthy of discussion. It appears without dispute that the highway in question, being Hall street, is used only by the farmers adjacent to it and persons having business with them. On each side of “the north half” of Hall street are fields inclosed by fences and used for farm purposes. The north half of Hall street is narrow, being approximately twenty feet in width between the fences. The traveled track is about six feet in width. At the time of the accident there was a rut or washout‘from five to…