Adams v. Canfield

The question is whether the court properly directed a verdict for defendant, on the ground of contributory negligence of plaintiff, in an action arising out of a collision of automobiles.

In the afternoon of a stormy, snowy, blustery day in January, plaintiff was riding in a car driven by he.r nephew, Wesley Wilkinson, going west on a gravel road in Kent county. They came to the Belt Line, a through highway paved with cement 20 feet wide, and stopped 5 feet from the pavement. They looked both to the right and left and saw no car approaching on the Belt Line. • They could see about 180 feet.…