Rountree v. Rountree

Alice M. Rountree filed a motion for judgment against James K. Gregory, Thomas J. Rountree and Margaret G. Rountree for personal injuries resulting from a collision between a DeSoto sedan driven by her and a pickup truck driven by James K. Gregory and owned and operated in the business of Thomas J. Rountree and Margaret G. Rountree.

The parties will be referred to as they appeared in the court below.

At the conclusion of all the evidence the plaintiff moved the court to strike the evidence of the defendants, which motion was sustained; whereupon the court instructed the jury that as a matter of…