Neal v. Booth

SHARP, Chief Justice.

The Court of Appeals correctly held that plaintiff’s evidence in this case is sufficient to establish prima facie that the negligence of defendants was a proximate cause of intestate’s death. Thus, this appeal presents only the question whether the Court of Appeals erred in holding that plaintiff’s evidence also established her intestate’s contributory negligence as a matter of law. Defendant’s motion for a directed verdict on the ground of intestate’s contributory negligence cannot be sustained unless plaintiff’s evidence, taken as true and interpreted in the light most…