Eastman v. State

On the morning of April 9, 1948, Ethel Eastman was driving her husband’s automobile from her home in South Lansing, Tompkins County, New York, towards Ithaca, New York, southerly along New York State Route 34. She was accompanied by her four minor children. Route 34 is intersected on the west by a highway known as Cayuga Street Extension. At that intersection Route 34 turns to the west and proceeds into Ithaca. At the intersection the concrete road proceeds straight ahead and continues into the business section of Ithaca by what is known as the “ Lake Road ”, Route 34 was constructed in 1931,…