Williams v. Palmer

HARWOOD, Justice.

This is an appeal by the defendant, Martin C. Williams, from a judgment in the Circuit Court of Jefferson County in favor of the plaintiff, Linda Calloway Palmer, a minor.

This case arose out of an automobile collision which occurred at the intersection of Euclid Avenue and Greenbriar Lane in the city of Mountain Brook at approximately 7:30 P.M. on July 26, 1959. It was dark at the time the accident occurred.

The plaintiff, a sixteen year old girl, was riding north on Greenbriar Lane in her father’s pickup truck which was being driven by her father. Her mother and sister were…