Holt v. Basore

-This is an appeal from a judgment in an action for damages for alleged negligence of appellee in driving his automobile into appellant, a pedestrian, who was in the act of crossing a street.

Error is predicated upon the overruling of appellants’ motion for a new trial, and alleged error of the court in granting appellee leave to amend his answer by interlineation setting up the defense of contributory negligence, at the conclusion of the evidence, and after the parties had rested and the witnesses had departed. The grounds of the motion for a new trial. set forth that there was an abuse of…