Stubbs v. Parker

The subject of this suit is an automobile accident which occurred on March 2, 1935, in the early morning about two o’clock. The place of the accident was about 433 feet north of the Boulevard bridge on a road in Byrd park in the city of Richmond. The road is straight for from 120 to 150 feet from the bridge looking north, and then becomes a left-hand curve, on an upgrade of about five per cent.

The defendant, Robert L. Parker, a young man still at school, was driving a Ford V-8 car, which was capable of developing a maximum speed of between 85 and 90 miles per hour. His companion, who was the…