State v. Monteith

May 6, 1931, about 7 o’clock in the evening, still daylight, the defendant, accompanied by one Stockamp, was driving east in his automobile on the east and west state highway between Twin Falls and Kimberly, at a speed estimated by defendant at from 30 to 35 miles per hour, and by other witnesses at from 40 to 50 miles per hour. Going in the same direction immediately in front of him were two other au'omobiles, one being driven by Reverend Van Valkenburgh, the lead car by one Carl Siever. The defendant turning his car to the left and increasing his speed in order to pass these two cars,…