Wallis v. Cox

Plaintiff was a guest passenger in the automobile of Charles Waterman; there was a collision of that car with the car of defendant Cox and she was injured. Claiming that the proximate cause of the collision was the negligence of defendant in backing his car without warning into the pathway of the car in which she was riding, she brought this suit and, upon trial by jury, had verdict and judgment for $1,362.10.

Defendant, by appeal, contends that he was free from negligence and the collision was occasioned by the negligence of Waterman.

If defendant was guilty of negligence and Waterman of…