Harrison v. State

Claimants appeal from judgments of the Court of Claims dismissing both claims. Claimant William Harrison was driving an automobile in which his wife was a passenger, in a northerly direction on Route 30 about six miles north of Amsterdam on December 24, 1953, when the vehicle left the highway on the east side, struck some mailboxes, abruptly crossed the road to the west side, where it came to rest in a swampy area. The occupants of the car were thrown from it at a point near the mailboxes, which were four or five feet from the east edge of the pavement, and were found on the east shoulder of…