American Mutual Liability Insurance v. Adams

(After stating the foregoing facts.) The insurance company planted its defense upon the contention that the accident which resulted in the death of Mr. Adams was caused solely by his wilful misconduct, in that at the time of the accident he was driving the truck in excess of thirty miles per hour, the maximirm allowed by statute, a violation of which statute is penal. Ga. L. 1915, Ex. Sess., p. 112, sec. 10, p. 118, sec. 22; Park’s Ann. Code Süpp. 1922, §•§ 828 (dd), 828 (qq). In the brief of plaintiff in *760error it is urged that “it is the contention of plaintiff in error that there was not…