Robertson v. Hobson

Hatcher, Judge:

This is an action for damages for personal injuries. The plaintiff recovered a verdict and judgment, and from' the latter the defendant secured a writ of error.

The plaintiff, aged seventy-two, was struck by defendant’s automobile on the highway about six a. m., February 16, 1932. The morning was dark and foggy. The plaintiff testified that he was crossing the highway from east to west when he saw the automobile about one hundred yards distant, approaching from the south; that he was then about the center of the highway and stepped “brisker” until he was about two steps beyond…