Woods v. Greenblatt

While operated by the wife, an automobile owned by Hyman Greenblatt and Mollie Greenblatt, a marital community, struct John E. Woods, who instituted this action to recover for the resultant personal injuries. The trial of the cause to a jury resulted in verdict for seven thousand dollars, which was reduced by the trial court to five thousand dollars, in favor of the plaintiff. From the judgment entered on the reduced verdict, the defendants appealed.

Appellants first contend that the contributory negligence of the respondent was the proximate cause of his injuries; and that the trial court…