Alford v. Washington

The foremost question on this appeal is whether or not the trial court erred in overruling plaintiff’s motion for judgment as of nonsuit.

In respect thereto the evidence offered upon the trial in Superior Court is sufficient to make out a case against defendant for actionable negligence in connection with the collision between his Plymouth car and the Cauley Nash car as a result of which it clearly appears the electric wire was jarred loose from the poles, and dropped down upon the two cars. Hence the evidence is fully sufficient to support a finding by the jury of negligence on the part of…