Johnson v. Matlock

McKAY, Circuit Judge.

This case arises out of an automobile accident which occurred in rural Utah at a point where a state highway intersects a graveled county road, forming a “T”. At the time of the accident a double yellow line painted on the state highway prohibited passing in the area immediately after the county road, and the road was visible to oncoming traffic for a distance of at least 1200 feet. There was a widening of the county road where it joined the state road, extending along the side of the state road to permit acceleration by automobiles turning from the county road onto the…