Keffala v. Satterfield

Defendant’s first point is that it is the law of this State *526that a motorist must drive within the range of his headlights. If so, that is, of course, an end to the matter. He relies on Philadelphia & R. R. Co. v. Dillon, 1 W.W.Harr. 247,114 A. 62, 15 A.L.R. 894, and Burton v. Delaware Poultry Co. (Del.Superior Ct. unreported). In the Dillon case a motorist ran into an unlighted freight car which was standing on a grade crossing. The collision occurred on a relatively clear night. The Court held that the train was lawfully obstructing the highway and that the absence of lights upon its cars or…