O'Neil v. Cochrane

In an automobile accident case the court dismissed plaintiff’s case at the close of his testimony, and he appeals from the judgment entered after the denial of his motion for new trial.

The sole question raised is whether there was any evidence of negligence on the part of the driver of defendant’s delivery truck which on August 13, 1929, was involved in the accident in which plaintiff’s two-year old child suffered personal injuries.

About 10:30 in the forenoon of that day defendant’s driver, aged 21 years, was delivering groceries to plaintiff’s house. He stopped his truck in the paved alley…