Holmes v. Wesler

On April 3, 1935, about 10 p. m., plaintiff was riding as a guest passenger in the rear seat of defendant’s Ford V8, 1935 model. As defendant was driving north from Kalamazoo on US-131 and about four miles out of Kalamazoo, his automobile collided with a telephone pole on the westerly side of the highway and plaintiff sustained injuries. Plaintiff, seeking in this suit to recover damages, alleges that defendant in driving his automobile at a high rate of speed, approximately 70 to 75 miles per hour around a curve, in driving at such a rate that he was unable to bring the auto-, mobile to a…