Sutton Press v. Keystone Pipe & Supply Co.

Opinion by

Linn, J.,

Contributory negligence prevents recovery. Plaintiff’s car travelled an ascending grade about 50 feet behind ¡a “large covered truck,” 6 feet 6 inches wide, and about 10 feet high, that obstructed the driver’s view of any obstacles ahead of the truck as well as of approaching traffic. The paved road was 16 feet wide, with perhaps 4 feet of dirt road on the left of the paving. On the right half of the paved road, and therefore an obstacle to the truck’s progress, were two coils of telephone wire, about to be strung. The truck moved up the grade at 15 miles an hour and slowed…