Corey v. Hartel

On December 17, 1919, George Rish was driving a one-horse sleigh on Washington street in the city of Grand Haven. His wife sat on the seat with him. The plaintiff, with his consent, was sitting on some hay in the back part of the sleigh with her feet hanging over on the left side. Rish was driving west. The street was 30 feet in width between the curbs. He met and passed an automobile truck belonging to the tannery. A few feet behind it, the distance being in dispute, came a one-ton Ford truck, owned by the defendants and driven by the defendant Carl Hartel. It is plaintiff’s claim that, when…