Menke v. Peterschmidt

On January 11, 1952, about 4:30 p.m., a collision occurred at an intersection of two highways in Lee County between an automobile owned by Carl Menke, driven with his consent by his wife, Coletta Menke, and a pickup truck owned and driven at the time by Frank Peterschmidt. Each of the roads was surfaced with gravel or loose rock, and there were no stop or slow signs on either at the intersection in question. It was still daylight. The Menke car was proceeding south on a north-and-south road, and the Peterschmidt truck was traveling west on the east-and-west road. Carl Menke commenced his…