Shaft v. State

On July 26, 1932, the claimant, accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. U. Faber Roberts and by one Harry Taylor, all residents of Lockport, N. Y., started for Olcott Beach to attend a picnic. They proceeded in an automobile driven by Roberts along what is known as route 78, a public highway maintained by the State of New York under the patrol system. At a point about one and four-tenths miles north of Wright’s Corners their automobile collided with a south-bound automobile driven by one John Clark. The collision took place easterly of the center of the highway and the two automobiles locked together and…