Howell v. Nance

1. It was not error to charge the jury that “ when an automobile driver is approaching a pedestrian on a public street, it is his duty to warn them of his approach by the sounding of a horn, gong, or bell, and a failure to do so, under the law, would be negligence upon his part. The law makes it the duty of a driver of an automobile approaching a person from the rear to give notice of his approach.” Sheppard v. Johnson, 11 Ga. App. 280 (75 S. E. 348). The Sheppard case is apparently in conflict with O’Dowd v. Newnham, 13 Ga. App. *576220 (9) (80 S. E. 36), but we are bound by and must follow…