Shrum v. Wakimoto

HOLDEN, Chief Justice.

May 3, 1948, at about 5:30 p. m., plaintiff and respondent John Shrum was approaching King Hill (a non-incorporated village) on U. S. Highway No. 30, driving a 1941 one-half ton Chevrolet pickup. At the same time defendant and appellant Henry Wakimoto was following respondent on the same highway, driving a 1947 Buick sedan. Appellant Wakimoto attempted to pass respondent Shrum at the time an automobile was approaching from the opposite direction. To avoid a collision with that car, Wakimoto turned his car to the right and behind the Shrum car, striking the Shrum car in…