Busbee v. Battle

Deen, Judge.

Busbee, the plaintiff, was a member of an expense-sharing carpool and was going to work in an automobile owned and operated by Mrs. Jones, who was driving in the early morning twilight on an unpaved road when she saw an automobile driven by the defendant Battle apparently emerging from a private driveway to her right and immediately in front of her. She applied her brakes and cut the wheels of the automobile, which went into a ditch on the left side of the road. The cars did not come in physical contact. Plaintiff sued both drivers, and appeals from a verdict in favor of the…