Buckner v. Powers

Plaintiff brings this suit to recover the damage done to his automobile when it collided with the car belonging to defendant on a street intersection in the city of Alexandria. He alleges that he was free from negligence in the operation of his car, and charges that defend*631ant’s son, who was driving the other car, was guilty of gross negligence in that he was driving at an excessive rate of speed, and that he left his own side of the street and veered to the left, when he should have swerved to the right. Defendant denied negligence on the part of his son, and pleaded contributory negligence…