Dearth v. Self

This is an appeal on questions of law from a judgment of the Common Pleas Court of Washington County.

The facts are somewhat bizarre. On May 11, 1962, between the hours of 11:30 p. m. and midnight, plaintiff was driving a 1953 Dodge, four-door sedan in an easterly direction on U. S. Noute 50A, a few miles east of Marietta, Ohio. The highway was a two-lane road 24 feet in width. At that time and place defendant Stanford was driving a tractor-trailer outfit, consisting of a 1956 Chevrolet tractor pulling a 1953 Trailmobile trailer, in a westerly direction.

When plaintiff was near the Silver Moon…