Lindberg v. Steele

Plaintiffs, husband and wife, brought suit to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by the wife, a pedestrian, when struck by an automobile driven by defendant Freddie Steele. At the conclusion of plaintiffs’ case, tried before a jury, defendants moved for dismissal of the action on the ground that it appeared from the evidence that the pedestrian wife was guilty of contributory negligence as a matter of law. The motion was granted, judgment of dismissal was entered, and plaintiffs appealed. For convenience, we shall refer to appellant Beldena C. Lindberg as though she were the sole…