Pankey v. Little Rock Railway & Electric Co.
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Pulaski Circuit Court, Second Division; ‘Guy Fulk, Judge; 1. It was error to exclude the city ordinances sought ■to he introduced by the appellant. It was in proof that the car was running at the rate of twenty miles per hour, and that the place of the injury was within the city limits. The speed ordinance was admissible. Running a vehicle at a rate of speed in excess of that prohibited by an ordinance or statute is negligence.
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Appeal from Pulaski Circuit Court, Second Division; ‘Guy Fulk, Judge; 1. It was error to exclude the city ordinances sought ■to he introduced by the appellant. It was in proof that the car was running at the rate of twenty miles per hour, and that the place of the injury was within the city limits. The speed ordinance was admissible. Running a vehicle at a rate of speed in excess of that prohibited by an ordinance or statute is negligence. Section 1859 of the ordinances was clearly relevant .and material. Appellant had testified that he was listening for the street car, and another witness…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCulloch, C. J.
This is :an action to recover damages from tbe street oar company for personal injuries inflicted in tbe operation of a oar. Tbe plaintiff, S. H. Panikey, was a mail carrier on December 24, 1909, when be received tbe injuries specified in tbe complaint, and claimed that tbe servants of tbe defendant, in operating a car, caused it to collide with tbe mail cart in which plaintiff was riding, 'and to overturn the cart .and throw him out and injure him. The defendant denied the allegations of negligence and the trial before the jury resulted in a verdict in favor of the defendant.
The plaintiff’s…
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