Taylor v. State

Claimant was the owner and occupant of an automobile being driven by her adopted daughter when, while proceeding north on the New York-Albany highway near Valatie at three-twenty o’clock in the afternoon of July 25, 1939, the said automobile was forced onto the shoulder of the highway by a truck approaching from the opposite direction. At the easterly edge of the concrete there was a drop, or rut, six inches in depth for a distance of fifty to sixty feet. The wheels of the claimant’s car were turned out of line because of this rut and, when the driver attempted to return to the concrete, she…