Schillinger v. Wyman

.Dethmers, J.

On a dry, clear, midsummer night plaintiff’s decedent left a country tavern on the west side of a 4-lane, 40-foot paved highway, intending to walk to some tourist cabins located directly across the road. There were no other buildings in the vicinity. Lighted signs in front of the tavern and cabins illuminated the road somewhat. Decedent’s eyesight was good. Some distance to the south the highway curved gradually, but there was a clear, unobstructed view of the payment in that direction for several hundred feet. Defendant was driving her automobile north in the most easterly lane.…