Allen v. Bonnar

1. Finding of causal negligence with respect to lookout. Defendants challenge the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the finding.

The accident took place mid-block on a city street. It was dusk, about 5:40 p. m., October 12, 1958. Bonnar’s headlights were on low beam, and a streetlight was hanging almost directly above the point of impact.

Bonnar was driving east at about 20 m. p. h. Mark and a little girl had been playing in the yard north of the street, and ran across the street, with Mark in the lead. The street was 36 feet wide, and Bonnar was traveling south of the center. There was no…