Nelson v. Glover

September 21, 1922, was the big day of the fair at the village of Hart, Oceana county. Defendant placed a jug of sweet wine in his Ford car and, with a companion, at the noon hour, started for the fair at a high rate of speed. The highway had in its center a strip of tarvia, about eight feet wide, with gravel at the sides. While defendant was driving east at about the center of this tarvia strip, John Nelson, plaintiff’s decedent, was driving west over the tarvia strip, with a part of his automobile somewhat to the south of the center. The cars SO' approached, and when a short distance apart…