Himmelwright v. Baker

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Benson, J.:

This action was for damages caused by a collision with the defendant's electric automobile at a street crossing in Wichita. The plaintiff, Himmelwright, alleged that the automobile was negligently propelled against him, without signal or warning, and at a high and dangerous rate of speed. The defendant was driving her car eastward, approaching the cross*570ing over which the plaintiff was walking southward, when the car struck and injured him. A city ordinance provided a limit upon the speed of automobiles of eight miles an hour, and it was…