Marsee v. Johnson

Opinion of the Court by

Chief Justice Clay—

Affirming.

The appeal is from a $10,000 judgment for personal injuries.

The facts are: The accident occurred about 10 •o’clock on the morning of July 24, 1933. Appellee, a young woman eighteen years of age, was on the right-hand side of the highway leading from Middlesboro toward her home at Excelsior. Off the paved portion of the highway was a line of guard posts placed along the edge of an embankment. Appellee, who was carrying some packages, placed one of them on -one of the posts and • was changing the packages into the other hand. "While in this…