Lawson v. Fordyce

Bliss, J.—

Defendant's motion to direct a verdictffor him alleged as grounds therefor the insufficiency of the evidence to establish any negligence on his part -which was the proximate cause of the injury and the failure of the plaintiff to establish his freedom from contributory negligence. The only allegation of negligence to which we need give attention is the admitted failure of the defendant to sound the horn of his automobile as it approached the plaintiff and the cow. There is no dispute as to the material facts. The plaintiff, a retired farmer fifty-seven years old, lives in the west…