being on the wrong side of the road, and that there was no evidence of any negligence of Basil Dean, the driver of the pickup truck involved in the head-on collision with deceased.
The witnesses gave the following testimony relative to the issues on this appeal:
Howard Parrish, who lives and operates a store at the junction of Highway 5 and the old Ha Ha Tonka road, saw deceased at his store on the afternoon of December 16, 1963. Later Parrish delivered a load of wood and then returned by way of the Ha Ha Tonka road. He came upon and saw two vehicles in front of the Homer ("Jack") Martin home, a pickup truck and a 1956 Chevrolet, the latter being pointed west and the former being pointed east.Both vehicles were on the south part of the road in the single set of tracks or ruts, and after they hit they were approximately two feet apart. It had been snowing and freezing, but the road was passable. There was just one track of ruts all the way from the junction and beyond the Martin home which all traffic was using. The road was of gravel, with no marked center line. Parrish passed the vehicles and made another set of tracks. He had to go around the north side of the road to get around them, and there was plenty of room therefor.
Earl Calvert, son of plaintiff and deceased, arrived at the scene after dark with Trooper Ralph Rider. He saw his father's car and the S.