Hollimon v. Wall

Deen, Judge.

The plaintiff appeals on the general grounds from the verdict in favor of the defendant. Hollimon, the plaintiff, was a guest passenger in Wall’s automobile. His minor son, Joseph Wall, was driving at night on an unpaved road at a speed estimated between 45 and 50 miles per hour and within the speed limit when he topped a hill. The road dead-ended into a narrow paved road about 75 or 100 feet beyond the top of the rise. When Joseph realized that the road ended and applied brakes the car skidded 20 feet into the intersection and to the left, piled up into a bank, injured the…