Hinson v. Pelican Provision Co.

This suit is the result of an accident which took place on the night of October 6, 1939, on the public highway between Clinton and Greensburg. This highway is a black topped highway of approximately eighteen feet in width with gravel shoulders on each side, and at the scene of the accident runs approximately east and west, and is straight for a quarter of a mile or more from the west and some few hundred feet from the east, the accident having taken place in front of a country store operated by Mr. Sam Calvit, which store is situated immediately to the south of the south ditch of the highway.…