Blakely & Son v. Jones

Action for personal injury — verdict and judgment for plaintiff.

On appeal the defendant raises only two questions: (1) That the evidence fails to show any actionable negligence on the part of the defendant, and (2) That the court should have declared as a matter of law that appel-lee Jones was guilty of negligence which directly occasioned or contributed to the casualty causing his injury.

The injury involved in this suit was caused by ap-pellee’s Ford coupe striking the rear of appellant’s truck. This happened about ten or ten-thirty p. m. about fifteen miles out from Little Rock while…