Zorn v. Britton

This was a common law action to recover damages for injuries to plaintiff and his automobile alleged to have been sustained in a collision with a cotton truck of the defendant. Pleas of the general issue and contributory negligence were entered and a trial resulted in a verdict and judgment in favor of the plaintiff for $1700.00 and interest. Motion for new trial was denied and writ of error was prosecuted to the judgment.

The trial court charged the jury as follows: “A person operating a vehicle along a highway on his side of the read, has a right to assume that the person in charge of a…