Beers v. Arnot

On June 25, 1941, at- about the hour of 6:30 p. m., Kenneth Beers, who was then 18 years of age, was riding in a truck traveling west on Peck road. Peck road is a black-top road about 18 feet in width with about 4 or 5 feet of shoulder on each side. Kenneth Beers was in the cab of the truck and two fellow employees were riding on the rear platform. When the truck reached a point west of the village of Peck, it stopped in the northerly lane of travel with its left wheels near the center of the road. About 30 or 40 rods west of the point where the truck stopped, the road rises to an incline so…