Legal Opinion

Wootton v. Dixon

Court of Appeals of Kentucky

Decided November 13, 1952Published

1Opinion of the Court

WADDILL, Commissioner.

This is the third appeal of this case.

On the first appeal we held that the court erred in sustaining defendant’s motion for a peremptory instruction. The judgment was reversed and the case remanded to the circuit court for proceedings consistent with the opinion. Dixon v. Wootton, 307 Ky. 338, 210 S.W.2d 967.

On retrial of the case, plaintiff obtained judgment of $7,500. This judgment was reversed because of the court’s failure to give an instruction relative to the question of plaintiff’s intoxication. Wootton v. Dixon, 312 Ky. 521, 228 S.W.2d 428.

On the third trial a…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Dixon v. WoottonCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1948
  2. Wootton v. DixonCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1950

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