¶1(dissenting): When Sharp was killed the car had been running at 45 to 50 miles an hour for only a quarter of a mile. The
111 Kan. 735
Sharp v. Sproat
Decided July 8, 1922
Good law ✅— No negative treatment on recordhow we know
Reversed · Decided 1922-07-08
How this case has been cited
Cited by 35 later decisions — most recently August 1959 · most notably Koster v. Matson (1934), Henderson v. National Mutual Casualty Co. (1947)
3 federal appellate · 32 state decisions — followed in 12 states
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