Legal Opinion
Hearn v. East Texas Motor Freight Lines
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Decided July 9, 1951No. 4-9421PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Grieein Smith, Jr., Special Justice.
Appeal is from a judgment based on the verdict of a jury denying R. A. Hearn recovery from East Texas Motor Freight Lines for claimed personal injury.
A collision in Brinkley involved appellant’s truck with a tractor-trailer unit operated by appellee. Appellant charged negligence, appellee contributory negligence. The issue: whether appellee’s Instruction 5, in omitting a portion of the definition of contributory negligence, misled the jury so that error resulted.
The challenged instruction set forth § 75-623, Ark. Stats., (requiring drivers to stop before…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co. v. RogersSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1910
- Reynolds v. AshabrannerSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1949
- Garrison Company v. LawsonSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1926
- Bayles v. DaughertySupreme Court of Arkansas · 1905
- Natural Gas & Fuel Co. v. LylesSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1927
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3Cited by19 opinions
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- Phillips Cooperative Gin Co. v. TollSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1958
- Moore v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1972
- Kendrick v. RankinSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1951
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