Quigley v. State

I cannot agree with the view of the majority in this case. At about eight o’clock on December 23, 1949, Charles J. Quigley accompanied by his wife Joan was operating his automobile in an easterly direction on New York State highway 44 in Dutchess County. This highway consists of two concrete lanes each nine feet in width. As the car was rounding a curve at a point known as “ Pish Hatchery Hill ” the car started to skid, the driver lost control and the vehicle went to the left side of the highway and collided with a car moving in the opposite direction. As a result of the collision Mr. Quigley…