Bennett v. Krauss

This action was commenced in the Municipal Court of Akron. The plaintiffs therein recovered a judgment in the sum of $1,132.10 and costs against the defendant for damages to an automobile. The issues of negligence, contributory negligence, proximate cause and damages were presented to the court for decision, a jury having been waived. The defendant has appealed to this court, alleging error in the rendition of the judgment against him.

There is evidence tending to prove that on April 25, 1953, Bennett, a plaintiff, was operating his automobile north on the Akron-Canton Road and that traffic…