Petcosky v. Bowman

This litigation arises out of two collisions involving five motor vehicles which occurred on U. S. Highway No. 1, just south of Stafford Courthouse, about 9:00 o’clock p. m. on Friday, August 31, 1951. For a distance of one-fourth of a mile north and about one-half mile south of the scene the highway had been recently resurfaced for a width of forty feet. The usual white lines indicating the lanes of traffic had not been painted on the surface. The road was dry and traffic thereon was quite heavy.

Shortly before the collisions four vehicles were proceeding in a single line southwardly toward…