Fields v. Procter & Gamble Distribution Co., Inc

HICKS, Chief Judge.

Suit by appellant, William Fields, against appellee, Procter & Gamble Distributing Company, Inc., for damages for personal injuries.

At the close of appellant’s evidence the court sustained appellee’s motion for peremptory instructions, hence this appeal.

About 6:00 P.M. on January 28, 1949, appellant (herein called Fields) was struck and seriously injured by a Ford car owned by appellee and driven by one Charles Greene. At the time of the accident Fields, travelling along Fourth Street in Owensboro, Ky., was attempting to cross Frederica Street from the east to the west side…