Morris v. Hoesch

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Harman, C.:

This is a negligence action arising out of an intersection automobile collision. Judgment was entered on a jury verdict for defendant and plaintiff has appealed.

At the trial at the conclusion of the evidence the court instructed the jury defendant was negligent as a matter of law and it submitted to the jury the issues of contributory negligence and plaintiff’s damages. The jury returned a general verdict for defendant. Defendant conceded at trial plaintiff suffered some injury as a result of the collision, and the parties now agree the jury…