Ridgeway v. Lewis

The plaintiff, Ridgeway, commenced this action in the superior court for Pierce county, seek*317ing recovery of damages which he claims to have suffered as the result of the negligence of the defendant Lewis in the driving of an automobile for himself and his codefendants. The trial of the case before the court and a jury resulted in verdict and judgment awarding Ridgeway recovery from the defendants in the sum of $732.50, from which they have appealed to this court. They seek reversal of the judgment upon the sole ground that Ridgeway’s contributory negligence was the proximate cause of his…