Giles v. Ternes

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Johnston, C..J.:

The appellant, John T. Giles, the owner of an automobile, brought this action against the appellee, John P. Ternes, to recover damages for injuries to his automobile resulting from a collision with appellee’s horse and buggy. It appears that the appellant was driving westerly on a public highway near Wichita at a rate of from six to twelve miles an hour at about nine o’clock on the night of August 11, 1912, and that the appellee, with his wife, was driving easterly in his buggy on the same highway. The appellant alleged that the highway…