Johnson v. City of Wooster

This is an appeal on questions of law from a judgment rendered on the direction of a verdict in behalf of both defendants, appellees herein, the city of Wooster, and the Walter Jones Construction Company, at the conclusion of the plaintiff s-appellants ’ case in chief.

On November 3, 1961, the appellants, Johnson, residents of Richland County (who never lived in the city of Wooster), came to that city to visit friends. They were not acquainted with the city streets and, hence, inquired at a gas station concerning the way to travel to reach the home of their friends. Mr. Johnson, who was…