Griffith v. Weiner

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Bell,

The narrow question involved is whether the decedent was guilty of contributory negligence as a matter of law, when on a clear night he drove his automobile into the rear of a large tractor trailer which was parked at the right edge of a main highway 44 feet in width.

The collision occurred on the Lincoln Highway on January 9, 1950, at about 9:00 P.M. The trailer which was 5 feet wide and over 10 feet high, had been stopped for about 5 or 10 minutes under a dim are light on the south side • of Lincoln Highway. Lincoln Highway is a four-lane highway, which is…