Cox v. Moore

RUARK, Presiding Judge.

Defendant appeals from a judgment for damages in the sum of $6,710. The suit is the outgrowth of a collision between plaintiff’s 1955 Oldsmobile and (allegedly) defendant’s Guernsey steer, in which all concerned came off second best.

The incident occurred after dark in a rural or semi-rural area on paved Highway 266, which runs in a generally east-west direction. Defendant’s dwelling house sits on the south side of the road. A driveway runs from the highway down past the west side of the house and, apparently, to defendant’s barn lot. Plaintiff had spent the afternoon…