Paschall v. Brandon

MILLIKEN, Justice.

In compliance with the peremptory instruction of the trial judge, the jury rendered a verdict of $600 and costs against the appellant, O. T. Paschall, for damages received by the appellee, G. T. Brandon, when his Ford automobile collided at night with the unlighted coal truck ’ of the appellant which was parked on the street in front of his home. Appellant contends that the case should have been submitted to the jury on the question of appellee’s contributory negligence.

The coal truck was parked facing north on the east side of Twelfth Street in the City of Murray about…