Kirk v. Savannah Electric & Power Co.

This was a suit for damages, against a street-railway company. The judge sustained a general demurrer to the petition, and the plaintiff excepted.

The plaintiff was proceeding eastwardly towards an intersecting street in the City of Savannah, on which there was a street-railway line with a street-car approaching from the south. He was driving his automobile about seven miles an hour at the time, and observed the approaching street-car about two thirds of a block away, which was then running about six miles an hour and was on his right. He “realized” that he had ample time to cross the…