Powell v. Jackson

Deen, Presiding Judge.

The appellee’s defense to the action was that the collision was the result of a sudden slowing by the appellant of his vehicle. The appellant urges that there was insufficient evidence of this to warrant the jury’s verdict in favor of the appellee.

The appellee testified as to the appellant’s decrease in speed: "... I wouldn’t say there was an abrupt slowing up, but it was slowing up to a degree where I couldn’t stop.” The appellant’s attorney elicited the following response on direct examination of the investigating officer: "And Oscar Robert Jackson — he stated to me…