Gilfillan v. Grimm

Plaintiff was driving toward Buffalo, and the defendant was driving in the opposite direction toward Batavia, on the main highway between the two cities. The plaintiff and his two companions swore that as the two cars approached from opposite directions the defendant’s automobile skidded from the south or right-hand side of the road over on the north or wrong side of the road, coming into collision with plaintiff’s car which had remained upon its own side of the road. There was no proof of excessive speed on the part of defendant’s automobile or of other negligence on the part of defendant,…