Layton v. Cregan & Mallory Co.

The plaintiff, Josephine Layton, 58 years of age at the time of the injury, November 24, 1930, was seated by her husband on the front seat of the husband's Erskine sport sedan. He had owned and driven cars since 1917. They were driving in a southerly direction on US-131, a trunk line highway, paved with concrete, a little north of Plainwell and had the right of way.

The statute, 1 Comp. Laws 1929, § 4693, defines right of way:

"The privilege of the immediate use of the highway:

"Right of way means the right of a vehicle to proceed uninterruptedly in a lawful manner in the direction in which it…