Rosser v. Smith

Plaintiffs intestate was struck by defendants automobile about 7:55 a.m. on 14 November 1961 on rural road #1415, known as the Colon road, in Lee County. This is a hard-surfaced road running generally north and south, with pavement twenty feet wide and with shoulders five feet wide on each side. At the point plaintiffs intestate was struck, the road is straight and level with clear visibility 500 to 600 feet north of this point and with clear visibility about the same distance to the south of this point. At this point the posted speed limit was 55 miles an hour. It had been raining that day and the road was wet. Plaintiff and his intestate, who was his wife, lived about 1,000 feet west of this road, and there was a mail box on the east side of the road. A lane or driveway or side road ran from this road to their home.