Menge v. Manthey

The following opinion was filed December 3, 1929:

Fritz, J.

The crucial facts are not in dispute. Defendant Manthey’s automobile was wrecked on a dark night in about the middle of a public, country highway, by colliding with an automobile driven by one Stickler. Manthey’s car was disabled so that it could not be moved on its wheels, and its headlights could not function. At the place of collision the traveled portion of the highway was about seventeen feet wide, and there was enough room on both sides of Manthey’s automobile for others to pass. Manthey immediately rode in a passing automobile…