KNOX v. AKOWSKEY

No. 1651.

116 A.2d 406 (1955)

James O. KNOX and George Carson, Appellants, v. Joseph P. AKOWSKEY, Appellee.

Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided August 16, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James C. Gregg and Reid C. Tait, Washington, D. C., for appellants.

William S. Stanley, Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Before CAYTON, Chief Judge, and HOOD and QUINN, Associate Judges.


HOOD, Associate Judge.

Defendants appeal from a judgment against them in an action for damage to a motor vehicle. A detailed statement of the evidence is unnecessary. Plaintiff's vehicle entered an uncontrolled intersection where it was struck on the right rear by a truck owned by defendant Carson and driven by defendant Knox.

Defendants seek to escape liability on the ground that the collision was an unavoidable accident due to a sudden failure of the brakes...

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