Ricks v. Jackson

This appeal is on questions of law from a judgment of the Common Pleas Court in favor of the defendant, appellee herein. The ease was tried to a jury on a petition alleging plaintiff’s injury due to the negligence of defendant, an answer admitting the collision of defendant’s truck with plaintiff’s mowing machine but otherwise generally denying the allegations of the petition and alleging contributory negligence of plaintiff, and a reply denying contributory negligence.

It was established by the evidence that on a clear, dry day plaintiff was operating a tractor, owned by the state of Ohio,…