Epperson v. Wright

Opinion op the Court by

Stanley, Commissioner

Reversing.

The verdict in this case was for the defendant, Albert Wright, in a suit by Mrs. Jewell Epperson for damages caused in an automobile accident. The sole ground upon which the appeal is predicated is error of the court in giving a contributory negligence instruction.

Mrs. Epperson was a guest on the back seat of the defendant’s car. He and his wife were on the front seat. They were traveling north on Crooks Avenue, in Ashland, and collided with a machine being driven east by John Blizzard at the intersection with Main Street. The plaintiff…