Cooper v. Shaffer

This is an appeal from a judgment in the sum of $2,500, rendered in the circuit court of Johnson county, in favor of appellee, Hallie Cooper (hereinafter called plaintiff), and against the appellant, W. W. Shaffer (hereinafter called defendant).

The action in which the judgment was rendered was predicated upon injuries suffered by the plaintiff as the result of an accident which occurred on an unpaved road known as the “Old Marion and Vienna Boad” on July 29, 1940, at about 5:00 o’clock p. m. The defendant was driving his automobile along such road, in a southerly direction, behind a gravel…