Thornton v. Stewart

Carlisle, Presiding Judge.

Mrs. Lamar Thornton, as guardian for Lamar Thornton, brought an action for damages against Elmer Stewart, J. W. Webb and Kenneth A. Couey. She alleged that Webb was the owner and operator of a Pontiac automobile and Stewart, the operator, and Couey, the owner of a Chevrolet automobile; that both vehicles, on the occasion of the injury suffered by Thornton, were stopped abreast of each other on a public highway at nighttime with no' lights showing, preparatory to commencing a drag race; that Thornton, driving his automobile along the road at a reasonable and prudent…