Schock v. Cooling

In this case plaintiff recovered a verdict and judgment against defendant in the circuit court of Shiawassee county for the sum of $1,000 as compensation .for injuries inflicted by an automobile defendant was driving.

Plaintiff’s declaration contains three counts, each making the same general charge that an automobile negligently driven by defendant struck the plaintiff while he was walking in a highway, and seriously injured him. The first count declares under the statute (Act No. 318, Pub. Acts 1909, 2 How. Stat. [2d Ed.] §2487 et seq.), charging excessive rate of speed, failure to give…