Hickok v. Skinner

The prevailing opinion fairly reflects the evidence, and I accept the statement of facts as therein detailed.

This case is fraught with considerable difficulty, arising largely out of conflicting principles of law. The first is the familiar principle that one must exercise reasonable care for his own safety. The other is that a person having a right-of-way over a public thoroughfare ought to be protected in the exercise of that right, and is not bound to anticipate an unlawful or negligent act on the part of another. Generally there is no duty on the part of a driver exercising his right of…