Black v. Ritchey

Opinion by

Me. Chief Justice Bell,

We allowed an allocatur from the Order of the Superior Court, which affirmed the Judgment of the Court of Common Pleas which had denied plaintiff’s motion for a new trial. Plaintiff contends that the jury’s verdict was inadequate.

On December 20, 1963, at about 5:30 in the evening, plaintiff was standing on the paved portion of a 20-foot-wide rural public highway in Fulton County beside his automobile, which had been disabled by a flat, left rear tire. The weather was cold and clear, it was dark, and there was snow along the sides of the road. Plaintiff’s…