Christianson v. Muller

This is an action to recover for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff, Frances Christianson, as a result of a collision between an automobile in which she was a passenger and a car owned and driven by the defendant, Edna L. Muller. The jury returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiff. Upon defendant’s motion the verdict was set aside and a new trial ordered. The plaintiff appeals from that order.

The collision occurred on a highway in Benton county, Oregon, at a point just west of the city of Philomath. At the time plaintiff was a passenger occupying the rear seat of an automobile…