Ziegelasch v. Durr

The opinion of the court was delivered by In the court below, appellee sued appellant for damages
claiming that appellee had suffered property damage and personal
injuries in an automobile collision caused by the negligence of
appellant. In the trial of the action plaintiff received a
verdict and judgment in his favor and defendant appeals. We shall
continue to refer to the parties as they appeared in the district
court. The collision between the 1929 Ford driven by plaintiff and the
1953 Ford driven by defendant occurred during the daytime at the
intersection of Kansas State Highway No. 32 and Reno Township
Road, in Leavenworth county, a few miles east of Lawrence. The
state highway is a through highway protected by stop signs, and
runs generally east to west. The highway is black topped with
pavement approximately twenty-four and one-half feet wide.
Defendant was travelling the highway in an easterly direction.
There were stop signs at the intersection in question commanding
all traffic on the township road to stop before entering the
highway, and the signs were placed on the township road some
eighteen feet back from each side of the pavement of the highway.