Hardman v. Younkers

Plaintiff brought suit to recover for property damage occasioned by an automobile ■ colli sion. He alleged in his complaint that, while his Ford automobile was parked alongside the curb of a city street, defendant Robert A. Younkers negligently drove his Chevrolet automobile into the rear of the Ford, knocking it over the curb and shoving it violently against a telephone pole, as a result of which the value of the Ford car was virtually destroyed. Defendants answered denying generally the allegations of negligence and, by way of affirmative defense, pleaded that the collision was the result…