Lemieux v. Ondersma

Plaintiff brought suit to recover dam,ages for personal injuries resulting from an automobile accident caused by the alleged negligence of defendant. On a trial before a jury lie had a verdict for $3,000, upon which judgment was entered. Defendant appeals, claiming that the evidence established that plaintiff was guilty of contributory negligence as a matter of law.

On December 21, 1938, plaintiff was returning to the village of Dorr from Detroit, where he had attended market and had sold a shipment of celery. His automobile had attached to it a two-wheeled trailer. He was accompanied by a…