Standard Oil Co. v. Ryan

MAUCK, PJ.

The question before the jury was an exceedingly close one. It was, however, after all, solely a question of which party had the right of way over the crossing.

The fact that the defendant was on the preferred highway did not give him an absolute right to that highway to the exclusion of the plaintiff. In Heidle v Baldwin, 118 Oh St 375, it is held that while the driver on the main thoroughfare has the preference as against one seeking to cross such thoroughfare the question whether the driver on the other highway is obliged to wait until the driver on the preferred highway has…