Meyers v. Neeld

This is an action for damages wherein the plaintiff charged the defendant with negligence, proximately causing injuries to him as the result of a collision with defendant’s automobile while plaintiff was riding a horse. The cause was submitted to a jury, resulting in a verdict for plaintiff, assessing his damages in the sum of $1,250, and finding against the defendant on his cross-petition. Motion for a new trial was overruled, and defendant appeals.

The record discloses that about 4:30 o’clock in the evening of January 27, 1938, the plaintiff, a farmer, was riding a saddle-horse, 10 or 12…