Farmer v. McColm

Opinion by

Mr. Justice McWilliams.

The primary issue to be determined on this writ of error is the propriety of an order of the trial court directing the jury in a personal injury action to return a verdict in favor of the defendant, one McColm. The plaintiff, Farmer, seeks reversal of the judgment of dismissal entered pursuant to the directed verdict. We now hold that the trial court erred in directing the jury to return a verdict for the defendant, such error necessitating reversal and a new trial consonant with the views herein expressed.

The pleadings are in the usual and accepted form:…