Essenberg v. Achterhof

This action was brought to recover damages for personal injuries received in collision with an automobile owned by defendants and operated by Harry Achterhof. The plaintiff and four other boys were riding bicycles on Twenty-ninth street, a dirt road in the outskirts of the city of Holland, Ottawa county, Michigan. Twenty-ninth street is a side street. • It connects with Michigan avenue, a main thoroughfare, but does not cross it. When it reaches Michigan avenue, it divides and branches off to the north and to the south. The plaintiff and his companions rode onto the north branch. He says that…