Murphree v. Campbell

SIMPSON, Justice.

Plaintiff sued defendant in case for negligently running his automobile into the automobile in which plaintiff was riding as. a passenger. Defendant filed pleas of recoupment, the general issue, and contributory negligence, the gravamen of the latter being that plaintiff negligently grabbed the steering wheel of the car in which she was riding, thereby proximately contributing to. the accident. The case was tried before the judge without a jury. Judgment was for the defendant, and plaintiff brings this appeal.

The assignments of error challenge the ruling of the trial court in…