Winston's Administrator v. City of Henderson
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Appeal from Henderson Circuit Court.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the Court by
Judge Sampson —
Affirming.
Can one who is injured through a defect in a street, while riding as a guest in an automobile, recover of the city where the negligence of the driver contributed to the injury if the guest before entering the car knew the driver was unskilled, incompetent or intoxicated to such, an extent as to be unable to exercise, that degree of care required of a person engaged in operating automobiles under like circumstances? That is the principal question presented by the facts of this case.
About midnight of June 18th, 1916, William Winston and a…
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