Cubbage v. Roos

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Baker.

This case grew out of an automobile accident which occurred within the twenty-mile speed limit at or near Dalzell, S. C., a small unincorporated town between Camden and Sumter, on a paved highway.

The respondent David I. Roos is a traveling salesman representing Rice-Stix Dry Goods Company, Inc., also a respondent, and resides at Sumter. As a means of transportation, Roos used a Chevrolet automobile, driven by a Negro chauffeur. On the evening of January 4, 1935, at about 6 :30 o’clock, while returning to Sumter from Camden, and in…