Freeland v. Todd

CULLEN, Commissioner.

W. R. Freeland sued Danny Todd for damages arising out of a collision between the Freeland and Todd automobiles at a street intersection in the city of Henderson. The trial court instructed the jury that Freeland was negligent as a matter of law but submitted the issue of liability under a last clear chance instruction. The jury found in favor of Todd and judgment was entered dismissing the claim. Free-land has appealed, asserting as his first contention that the court erred in ruling that he was negligent as a matter of law.

Todd was going east on Powell Street. Freeland…