Cook v. Shoulder

Mrs. Shoulder sued Cook, alleging damages for personal injuries received when she, a pedestrian, was struck by his automobile, at about 4:50 p.m., on U. S. Route 254, west of the corporate limits of the city of Staunton. In his grounds of defense Cook denied any negligence on his part and charged that Mrs. Shoulder was guilty of contributory negligence.

Upon the trial of the case Cook’s motion to strike the plaintiff’s evidence at the conclusion thereof was overruled, and at the conclusion of all the evidence the court again overruled his motion to strike. The court held, however, that Mrs.…