Russell v. Davis

ZINN, Justice.

This is an appeal from a verdict and judg-' ment in the district court of Otero county, awarding appellee, administrator of the estate of C. M. Russell, deceased, the sum of $10,000 against appellant, Roy T. Davis, on account of a fatal collision between appellant, the driver of an automobile, and appellee’s intestate, a pedestrian.

Appellant was traveling in a Hudson coach from El Paso, Tex., in a northerly direction toward Las Cruces, N. M., on United States Highways No. 80 and No. S5. This highway, sixteen feet wide, of concrete, carries a considerable amount of automobile…