Brandes v. Freitas

Defendant appeals from a judgment rendered against him in an action for damages for personal injuries.

The injuries sustained by plaintiff were the result of a collision between him personally and an automobile owned and operated by defendant at a time when defendant was backing his automobile a distance of twenty-six' feet out of his private driveway across a public sidewalk on which plaintiff was a pedestrian.

The first question presented to this court for its determination is whether the trial court was justified in its conclusion that the acts of defendant in the premises were negligent.…