Pickens v. Maxwell

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Hatcher, C.:

This was an action brought by a widow and children to recover damages for the wrongful death of a husband and father while traveling as a guest in an automobile which collided with another vehicle.

The collision between the defendant Maxwell’s vehicle and one driven by a Phillip M. Ballantyne occurred at the intersection of Highway K-32 and Eudora Road in Leavenworth County, Kansas, at about 5:15 p. m., April 1, 1966. Eudora Road is blacktop, runs north and south, and southbound traffic is controlled by a stop sign at its intersection with…