Harris v. Clark

This is a rear-end collision case. Defendant, Audrey B. Clark, driving a 1957 Ford station wagon struck the rear of the 1956 Buick owned and driven by Harry C. Harris as plaintiff stopped to allow an automobile preceding him to turn right into a private driveway. The accident occurred about 90 feet west of the west curb line of East Desmont Drive on West Pleasant Street in Knoxville about 6:30 p.m. on May 10, 1958. The street was dry and the day clear.

I. The trial court submitted Instruction No. 14 embodying sudden emergency as confronting the defendant to the jury. Plaintiff excepted to the…