Shelton v. Martin

delivered.the opinion of-the Court.

This suit was brought by Shelton against Martin' in the Circuit Court of. Coffee County. On a plea of the gen eral issue there was a judgment for the defendant. A motion for a new trial was overruled and an appeal perfected to the Court of Appeals, which affirmed the judgment of the Trial Court.

The facts may be briefly stated. The plaintiff was run over by an automobile at about 7:0O o ’clock in the evening, after dark, on a lateral road near Manchester, Tennessee. That the plaintiff was severely injured is not disputed. The automobile which struck him was…