Long v. Gilchrist

This is an action for damages by the administratrix of the estate of her husband, Bert Long. He lost his life in an automobile collision on paved Highway No. 101, about one mile north of the city of Vinton.

Long was traveling north on the highway about 10:40 a.m., on June 22, 1958. Monti Keller, .also killed, was with him..

A gravel road entered the highway from the east. This formed a T intersection, and was the point of collision.

Defendant approached the highway in his 1941 Chevrolet, and stopped 4 or 5 feet from the paving. He testified he looked north and south and saw nothing. He then…