Parini v. Lanch

delivered the Opinion of the Court.'-

This is an appeal by the defendant from a judgment entered upon a directed verdict as to liability and a jury verdict awarding the plaintiff $8,000 damages for personal injuries.

The accident occurred on June 28, 1964, at approximately 5:45 P.M., mountain daylight time. Plaintiff was riding horseback astride a gelding and leading a mare without rider. He was .travelling in a southerly direction on the left hand side of Lowlands Road, facing oncoming traffic. The Lowlands Road, located- in Jefferson County, was of dirt construction and was about, fourteen…