Sharp v. Kahn

On June 18,1931, an automobile being driven by Miss Julia Kahn, minor daughter of Mrs. Marion Kahn, ran into a horse which the plaintiff, Thomas Sharp, was riding. He was thrown from the horse upon the pavement, sustaining injuries to the right side of his body. Averring that the proximate cause of the accident was the reckless rate of speed at which Miss Kahn was driving, her inattention and indifferent manner of driving, her failure to warn him of her approach, and her failure to avail herself of the space- south of him on the road which was amply sufficient for her to safely pass by, he…