Phillips v. Kerr

From a judgment in favor of plaintiff after trial before a jury in an action to recover damages for negligence, resulting from an automobile accident, defendants appeal.1

Facts:2 On May 11, 1952, about 2 o’clock, a. m. plaintiff was riding as a guest in a car being driven in an easterly direction by Mr. Revelez from Santa Paula to Fillmore, California. The automobile in which plaintiff was riding came around a turn on state highway Number 126 at a high rate of speed, approaching a bridge over Sespe Creek, 1½ miles west of Fillmore. Shortly prior to this time defendant White, driving in a…