Awbrey v. Johnson

Johnson sued Awbrey for damages because of his alleged negligence in operating two trucks along, a public highway at night, without tail light or headlights visibly and plainly shining, and in blocking the road with such trucks. The evidence showed that the plaintiff drove his automobile into the rear of one of the defendant’s trucks, and that the automobile was thereby damaged. The defendant denied the acts of negligence charged by the plaintiff, and set up that the plaintiff endeavored to pass the defendant’s trucks without blow*664ing his horn and while traveling at an excessive rate of speed.…