Yates v. Potts

The plaintiff, Eldon Lester Yates, filed a motion for judgment against the defendant, Robert Potts, Sr., to recover for personal in juries sustained as the result of a collision between an automobile and a motorcycle.

The motion for judgment alleged that defendant was negligent in failing to give the signal required by statute of his intention to stop or turn and in operating a motor vehicle with defective lights.

The matter was heard before a jury. At the conclusion of plaintiff’s case, defendant moved to strike the evidence on the ground plaintiff was guilty of contributory negligence as a…