Hobbs v. . Drewer

The defendants’ appeal presents two principal questions: (1) "Were defendants entitled to the allowance of their motion for judgment of nonsuit or directed verdict, and (2) passing that, did the court err in the instructions to the jury on the issue of contributory negligence, entitling defendants to a new trial?

1. It was urged by defendants that the plaintiff, being familiar with the road and observing on the bridge an approaching motor vehicle the width and type of which he did not know, and aware that his own bus was 7% feet wide, should have paused to permit the truck to emerge from the…