Tolin v. Hasbrook

This action is in tort for negligence for damages to the plaintiff’s automobile as a result of a collision with a truck operated by the defendant. Plea, the general issue. Trial by jury, verdict and judgment for the plaintiff. The only exception briefed by the defendant is to the court’s refusal to grant the defendant’s motion for a directed verdict made at the close of the plaintiff’s case. The grounds of the motion were that, on his own testimony, the plaintiff was guilty of contributory negligence as a matter of law and that there was no evidence of the defendant’s negligence.

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