McHardy v. Standard Oil Co.

Knutson, Justice.

This case arises out of a head-on collision between an automobile owned by plaintiff William James McHardy, driven by his wife, plaintiff Helen McHardy, and an automobile driven by defendant Margaret Orr. Separate actions commenced by Mr. and Mrs. McHardy were consolidated for trial and on appeal.

The locale of the collision was trunk highway No. 53, commonly known as the Miller trunk highway, which runs generally in a north-south direction between Duluth and Hibbing. Crossing the Cloquet River is a bridge 20.3 feet wide, but which, because of broken curbs along both sides,…