Legal Opinion
Butts v. Wright
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Decided June 9, 1967PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAMS, Chief Justice.
The appellant, Marvin Butts, was injured when he was knocked from a tractor which was struck from the rear by the automobile of appellee John R. Wright. A jury in the Henderson Circuit Court found both parties negligent and allowed no recovery. Butts has appealed.
The accident happened at about 8:00 P. M., C. D. T., on May 11, 1964. Wright was traveling west in his 1963 Oldsmobile on U. S. Highway 60 near Henderson. Butts was on a tractor towing a disk harrow attachment and headed in the same direction. Butts had stopped the tractor waiting for oncoming traffic to clear…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Saddler v. ParhamCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1952
- Owen Motor Freight Lines v. Russell's Adm'rCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1935
- Roberts v. TaylorCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1960
- Riley v. HornbuckleCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1963
- Slusher v. BrownCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1959
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Rock ex rel. Rock v. CreacyCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1968
- Price v. GarciaCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 2009