Newton v. Cecil

Appellee instituted this action in the lower court for damages for personal injuries and property damages growing out of an automobile col lision on State Road 37 in Noblesville, Indiana, on April 25, 1947.

The amended complaint consisted of two paragraphs —first, for damages for personal injuries; second, damages allegedly done to the automobile. Appropriate answers were filed by the appellant.

The acts of negligence charged were, that the appellant operated his car at a high and dangerous rate of speed, to-wit: fifty miles per hour; that he drove his car across the center line of public…