Pulley v. Scott

WESTHÜES, C.

Plaintiff brought this suit to recover $20,000 as damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained through the negligence of the defendant. There was a verdict for the defendant. Plaintiff’s motion for a new trial was sustained by the trial court. The grounds assigned by the court were errors in instructions 4, 5, and 6 given at defendant’s request. From the order the defendant appealed.

The evidence showed the following to have occurred: At about eleven o’clock on the night of October 1, 1949, plaintiff was walking south on U.S. Highway 61 about a mile or so south of…