Hoehne v. Mittelstadt

'Hughes, J.

The decedents and Olrich were all residents of Columbus and were employed at Sun Prairie. On-March-25, 1946, at a little before six o’clock a. m. the three left Columbus in Olrich’s car, traveling south on United States Highway 151.

On the same morning the respondent Mittelstadt, a resident of Beaver Dam, arose early and drove his wife to Madison where she was employed. Fie and his young son and a hitchhiker, Franlc Konecny, were returning along United States Highway 151 in a northerly direction.

The weather was extremely foggy and visibility was bad. As Olrich drove along at about…