Johnson v. Brown

OPINION

By the Court,

McNamee, C. J.:

Respondent was a guest passenger in a truck as it was being driven north on Chestnut Street (now Arlington Avenue) in the city of Reno toward the intersection of that street and West Commercial Row. At this time appellant, a fireman for the city, was driving a fire engine in response to an emergency call proceeding west on West Commercial Row. After rounding the corner and while driving in excess of the statutory speed limit the fire engine came in contact with the truck on Chestnut Street just a few feet south of the intersection, causing to respondent the…