Ackley v. Farmers Mutual Automobile Insurance

The instructions to the jury are of particular concern upon. this appeal. The portions specifically challenged by appellant as erroneous bear a direct relation to the responsibility resting upon the driver of respondent’s car. The _ appellant’s driver was adjudged to have contributed the greater portion of the total negligence causing the collision. The jury, by the answers in the special verdict, found his proportion to be 80 per cent and respondent’s 20 per cent. The evidence clearly shows that each driver, as he approached the point of collision, invaded the other’s lane of travel. The…