Goodman v. Royal Indemnity Co.

The question to be determined in this lawsuit is whether the common pleas court of Cuyahoga county committed prejudicial error in directing a verdict for the defendants, upon motion at the conclusion of the statement of counsel for plaintiff, one Sam Goodman, a minor, by Joseph Goodman, his next friend. In connection with the statement of counsel, the petition of plaintiff was considered in determining the merits of the motion to direct.

The issues have their source in an automobile accident happening June 13, 1922, wherein plaintiff in error recovered a judgment of some $7,000, on account of…