Gauze v. Horn

MILLIKEN, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment awarding appellee, Ransom Horn, the sum of $779.40 for damage resulting to his automobile when it collided with a truck owned by Orville Gauze and operated by his son, Lawrence Gauze, both of whom are appellants herein.

The collision occurred on May 29, 1950, at about 3 p. m. on Highway 40 in the village of Beauty, Martin County, Kentucky. Immediately prior to the collision, appellee’s car was parked at a filling station on the north side of the highway some distance back from the edge of the black top, headed in an easterly direction. The…