Watson v. Parker Township

The opinion of the court' was delivered by

Dawson, J.:

This was an action for damages against a township for injuries sustained by plaintiff because of a defective township road. Plaintiff was driving his car southward on the west side of the usually traveled part of the road, when he saw another car coming towards him from the south at high speed. Although the beaten or traveled part of the [40-foot] road was thirteen and a half feet wide, yet because of caution to avoid a collision with the oncoming *131car, plaintiff veered to the right so that his car ran into the unused portion of the highway,…