Payne v. Vinecore

A head-on collision between two automobiles on a graveled county road between Beebe bridge and the town of Orondo, in Douglas county, gave rise to this lawsuit. The road extends in a northerly and southerly direction, but has a jog in it which requires a southbound driver to turn first to his right (west) and then to his left (south).

Howard L. Payne was driving in a southerly direction along this road. He had made the turn to his right and was completing the turn to his left. At this point the road is twenty-six feet wide from shoulder to shoulder. However,, due to the presence of some loose…