Pence v. Sprinkles

STEWART, Judge.

This appeal is from a judgment of $40,000 rendered in favor of plaintiff-appellee, Albert Sprinkles, against defendant-appellant, Richard John Pence. The litigation leading up to the judgment grew out of the facts hereinafter stated.

The evidence in this case reveals that on September 1, 1962, about 6:15 in the afternoon, George Root, Jr., was driving his Chevrolet automobile southwardly on Kentucky Highway 11 toward Barbourville. After he rounded a curve he drew near the home of one H. C. Sprinkles, who lives on the west side of the highway and whose residence sits back about…