Ruby v. Buxton’s Empirical Analysis
1943
Citation profile
1
cited by 1 later decisions
1
states following
April 1949
most recently cited
1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Gillett v. Michigan United Traction Co. · Winckowski v. Dodge · Sanderson v. Barkman · Black v. Parke, Davis & Co. · Travelers' Indemnity Co. v. Detroit United Railway
Most-quoted passages
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““We have held repeatedly that one who drives onto the wrong side of the road assumes the liability for so doing. Winckowski v. Dodge, 183 Mich. 303 ; Black v. Parke, Davis & Co., 211 Mich. 274 ; Sanderson v. Barkman, 264 Mich. 152 .””
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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