Dickinson v. Hammett

Alleging that he was on a right-of-way street, traveling at a lawful rate of speed, and that defendant collided with plaintiff after proceeding into an intersection at a speed of more than 45 miles an hour and in disregard of plaintiff's right-of-way, plaintiff sued for $255.85 damages to his Ford Tudor sedan.

Defendant denied negligence on his part; asserted that he had entered the intersection at the time plaintiff reached the same; that the accident was due to plaintiff's excessive speed and his failure to keep his car under control. He asked for judgment in reconvention for $105.00, the…