Emrick v. Phillips

Opinion by

Keller, P. J.,

Plaintiff, Laura M. Emrick, and her husband were riding southward on Route 222, about midnight of March 16, 1936, in an automobile driven by her husband. Plaintiff was asleep on the right hand side of the driver’s seat. When about six miles north of Reading, Mr. Emrick saw a lighted flare in the center of the south-hound lane of traffic. The concrete road at that point was eighteen feet wide, with but two traffic lanes. He reduced his speed, as he drew near the flare, to about fifteen miles an hour, and turned to his left into the northbound traffic lane. As he passed…