Montgomery City Lines, Inc. v. Scott

SIMPSON, Justice.

The appeal is from a judgment granting plaintiff a new trial, based on the giving of an erroneous charge requested by defendant, Montgomery City Lines, Inc.

The charge (12) is: “The Court charges' the jury that it was the duty of the plaintiff in walking upon or across the street at the time and place of the accident, herself to use due care and caution to avoid injury and to be on the lookout for moving vehicles approaching, and if she negligently and thoughtlessly walked into the side of the moving bus, or in front of and in dangerous proximity to the moving bus, and thereby…