Ercole v. Daniel

Woods, Judge:

This action was instituted in the circuit court of Raleigh County to recover for personal injuries sustained by plaintiff by reason of his having been struck by defendant’s automobile, driven by the latter’s son, Dyrle. The jury brought in a verdict in favor of the plaintiff for $2,000.00, and from the judgment on the verdict, the defendant prosecutes this writ.

The accident occurred in March, 1926, on a long grade, locally known as the Mabscott hill, situate near the city of Beckley. Snow had been falling and the road was very slick. At the point of the accident the hard surface…