Rhoades v. Meadows

Lillie M. Meadows, plaintiff below, recovered a verdict and judgment against Rhoades, defendant, on account of injuries resulting from being struck by an automobile driven by him. Rhoades claims here that he was not negligent and that the plaintiff was guilty of contributory negligence.

Plaintiff was a very large girl, seventeen years old, and worked in a cotton mill in Danville. She lived north of Danville just west of Mt. Cross road. About 8:40 a. m., November 12, 1947, she was returning home by a bus from her work on the night shift. The bus, headed north on the Mt. Cross road, pulled to…