Taylor v. Ray

This is an action to recover for personal injuries sustained in an automobile collision. Plaintiff recovered, and defendant appeals. The sole contention on appeal is that plaintiff was negligent as a matter of law and that therefore it was error to permit the jury to pass upon the question of contributory negligence. '

In the middle of the night the defendant left his truck standing somewhere near the center of a paved highway, with no lights burning. The tail light had not 'been in use for some time, the socket thereof being filled with dry mud and dirt. No warning signs were placed to the…