Corwin v. Salter

In refusing to set aside the verdict finding-plaintiff guilty of contributory negligence the trial court said:

“The plaintiff’s attorneys’ argument upon the question of her contributory negligence is quite persuasive and convinces me that if I were a juror I would vote in her favor upon that question. And this is principally upon the proposition that she had no reason to apprehend that the driver of the car would back his car back towards the direction of his wife. The jury after hearing the evidence and arguments of counsel found her guilty of negligence, but I do not believe that I would be…