William Robert Westmoreland v. Memphis Transit Company

This is a personal injury case in which the jury returned a verdict in favor of plaintiff. In appealing from the judgment entered on the verdict, defendant raises six questions which relate principally to matters of evidence and the court’s instructions to the jury.

The accident happened at a street intersection where the traffic was controlled by an overhead traffic signal light.

The parties were proceeding in opposite directions and a collision occurred when plaintiff made a left turn at the intersection and his truck was struck by defendant’s bus. The facts in the case were sharply in…