Smith v. Ferguson

Opinion of the Court by

Stanley, Commissioner

Reversing.

The appellant, George W. Smith, a seventy year old .colored man, was struck and painfully injured by the automobile of the defendant, Dr. John P. Ferguson. The accident occurred about 3 o’clock in the afternoon, April 5, 1933, in front of the plain tiff’s home upon the north side of Chestnut street near Sixteenth street in Louisville. A suit for damages resulted in a verdict for the defendant.

The- plaintiff’s evidence is that he and three others were together crossing to the south side of the street between intersections, going • to an…