Ross v. Johnson

This was an action for damages for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff, a pedestrian, who, while traversing a crosswalk at a street intersection, was struck and severely injured by an automobile driven by the defendant. The cause was tried to a jury, which returned a verdict for the plaintiff. Judgment was entered on the verdict and the defendant appealed. The sole question presented on the appeal is whether the trial court erred in giving a certain instruction, which we shall quote in full a little later.

The accident out of which this action arose occurred at about one-thirty…