Bixby v. Ayers

This is an action to recover damages for the suffering and death of 14-year-old Albert Hansen which resulted from a collision between an automobile and a bicycle. Plaintiff contends that the accident was caused by the negligence of the defendant Loyd Ayers. Defendants contend that the accident was caused solely by the negligence of plaintiffs’ decedent.

After both parties had rested, defendants moved that a verdict be directed in their favor against the plaintiffs, for the reason that the evidence was insufficient to sustain a cause of action against them and in favor of the plaintiffs, and…