Janeskie v. Kaib

Upon trial in an action for damages for negligently driving an automobile, the court, before the plaintiff had rested, directed a verdict for the defendant on the ground that the evidence, and especially plaintiff’s own testimony, showed her guilty of contributory negligence. She brings error.

The plaintiff was the guest of defendant and was on the right of the rear seat of a Ford sedan which defendant, on the left front seat, was driving south on Franklin street in Denver. At Eighth avenue she turned west, i. e., to the right, and proceeded on the left or south side of that avenue for a…