Watt v. Associated Oil Co.

The defendants moved for a non-suit and later for a directed verdict, and the court’s refusal to grant either of these motions is the only alleged error to be considered here.

One who parks his automobile upon the public traveled part of a highway is prima facie a violator of the law, and it is incumbent upon him to show affirmatively that it was necessary for him to so park it at that time and place. It is not the duty of a party injured in a collision, under such circumstances, to show that such parking was not necessary, but for the other party to bring himself within the exception…