Smith v. Spradlin

This action was instituted by John Henry Spradlin, plaintiff, to recover damages for personal injuries received when he, a pedes trian, was struck while crossing a street by an automobile operated by Lloyd Edward Smith, defendant. A jury trial resulted in a verdict of $20,000 for the plaintiff on which the trial court entered judgment.

The defendant assigns error to the action of the court in refusing to strike plaintiff’s evidence on the ground that plaintiff was guilty of negligence which was a proximate cause of the collision and his injuries; in granting certain instructions, and in…