Salm v. Bleau

Hinman, J.:

At a hamlet called Bloomingrove in Rensselaer county the defendant’s truck collided with the plaintiff’s touring car and caused damage which the jury has assessed at $800 for injury to the plaintiff’s car and $50 for slight personal injuries suffered by plaintiff. The question raised on the appeal is whether the plaintiff was guilty of contributory negligence as a matter of law. The accident happened at a place where two improved State highways crossed each other at substantially right angles. The plaintiff was traveling west. To his left as he approached this road intersection,…