Allen v. Cheatum

Just before dawn on May 27, 1951,. Willie Cheatum was driving along the highway in his Ford pickup truck on his way from Flint to-his home in Muskegon. He had liad a long day, rising early the morning before and doing a full day’s work at his trade as a cement mason in Lansing, or, to put it in Willie’s more colorful language, “fanning a trowel all day.” He hád then driven over to Flint and picked up some tools and scaffolding and also visited his “girl friend” (Willie’s wife was at home in Muskegon) and some other people and drank some beer. About 2 a.m. he left his friends and started home…