Avechuco v. Awtrey

McFarland, Justice.

Appellants John A. Avechuco and Esther M. Avechuco, husband and wife, and Ruth E. Avechuco by her Guardian ad Litem— hereinafter referred to as plaintiffs or as John, Esther and daughter, respectively— sued the appellee Jess Willard Awtrey, Jr. —hereinafter referred to as defendant — for damages growing out of an automobile collision. At the close of plaintiffs’ case, the court directed a verdict in favor of defendant. The plaintiffs appeal from the directed verdict.

On the 12th day of July 1964 — sometime after five p. m. — the plaintiffs were driving from Rillito, Arizona,…