Highland v. Chas. H. Lilly Co.

Action by plaintiff, Anders Highland, against Chas. H. Lilly Company, a corporation, and J. L. Poitras and wife, defendants, to recover damages for personal injuries suffered by plaintiff when struck by a car owned by the Lilly Company and driven by its co-defendant, Poitras. From a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon the verdict of a jury, the defendants appeal.

Holman road No. 1 runs southwesterly toward the city of Seattle. Its roadbed is sixty-five feet in width, but the westerly side only is paved. This paved strip is twenty feet wide. Outside the pavement is a five-foot shoulder,…