Sherpy v. Bilyeu

CLARK, Presiding Judge.

This is an automobile-pedestrian accident case in which the jury returned a verdict for the defendant automobile operator. Plaintiff pedestrian appeals contending error in the giving of a contributory negligence instruction and in the content of defense counsel’s closing argument. Affirmed.

A brief resumé of the facts will suffice. The parties will be referred to as below, plaintiff and defendant. The accident occurred at the offset intersection of 27th Street and Lister in Kansas City, the southerly continuation of Lister, a north-south street, being somewhat westerly…