McKinney v. Preston Mill Co.

This action was maintained by Luttie McKinney against Preston Mill Company, a corporation, and Stephen A. McKenna, the driver of one of its trucks, to recover damages for personal injuries arising out of the truck coming violently in contact with her while she was crossing a highway. A jury returned a verdict for the defendants.

The paved public highway upon which the accident occurred has four lanes and is forty-eight feet in width. Each traffic lane is eleven feet wide. There is a graveled dividing strip four feet in width in the center of the highway. It is a nonaccess highway, except at…