Garmon v. Cassell

1. The evidence authorized the verdict, and the court therefore did not err in overruling the general grounds of the motion for a new trial.

2. The charges of the court, quoted in division two of the opinion, were not error for the reasons assigned.(a) It is the duty of the operator of a motor vehicle on a highway to have the vehicle under immediate control not only when he is conscious of the presence of a pedestrian on a highway, but also when he should discover the presence of such pedestrian by the exercise of ordinary care.(b) The term "immediate control" as used in Code § 68-304 is not…