Pomeroy v. Dykema

At the close of plaintiff’s proofs in this automobile accident case, the court directed a verdict in defendant’s favor. Plaintiff has appealed. ' The sole question presented is whether direction of the verdict was error. Under such circumstances, the record must be construed in the light most favorable to appellant.

About 5:30 in the afternoon of April 19, 1929, defendant was driving his Studebaker coup'e in a southerly direction on U. S. 31 in the city of North Muskegon in the block next south of Euddiman avenue. The paved highway was 20 feet in width exclusive of the gutters at the side, the…