Pope v. Heldman

This is an appeal by the plaintiff, a child 5 years and 2 months of age who appears by guardian ad litem, from a judgment which the circuit court entered in favor of the defendant after sustaining the latter’s motion for a directed verdict. The plaintiff submits one assignment of error. It challenges the order which directed the verdict in defendant’s favor.

August 13, 1955, at 1:30 p. m. when the plaintiff was entering upon a thoroughfare near Eugene known as River Road the defendant drove his automobile into collision with him. This action which charges negligence seeks an award of damages…