Miner v. State

On Sunday, April 11, 1948, at about 6:00 a. m., an automobile operated by the claimant, Edgar E. Miner, in which Gordon E. Hilton was a passenger, while proceeding southerly along New York State Highway Route No. 9, left the highway at a point in front of the Thompson farm, situated *754about three miles south of the Route 20 intersection, and collided with a tree located about five feet to the south of the pavement. Miner was severely injured and Hilton, whose administratrix is a claimant herein, was killed. It was daylight, the weather was clear, and the pavement dry. The highway consisted of…