Bachmann v. Bollig

On the afternoon of October 11, 1953, the Bollig car, in which plaintiffs were passengers, was traveling on County Trunk Highway I in Richland county. The highway is a hilly and winding black-top pavement between 19 and 20 feet wide with shoulders of two to two and one-half feet wide. There was no marked center line. It was a sunny day and the pavement was dry.

Immediately before the collision the Bollig car was descending a “fairly steep grade” (no other description in the record) in a southerly direction at a speed of 35 to 40 miles per hour. Bollig testified that he braked his car as he…