Petersen v. Jansen

In all but one respect this case involved an ordinary automobile accident in which two cars going in opposite directions collided and in which the jury on sufficient evidence found that both drivers were negligent in different degrees and assessed the damages sustained. Were it not for the circumstance that the accident occurred on a newly laid state highway which had not been opened to public travel, was barricaded to prevent its use as a highway, and placarded with a sign prohibiting public use as such, this case would have been affirmed without opinion. We shall isolate and discuss only…