Brown v. Damron

This writ of error brings under review the record in the trial of a tort action wherein Bascom Damron obtained a verdict and judgment for $12,500.00 for personal injuries received in a collision between an automobile operated by him and a tractor-trailer truck operated by J. A. Brown, Jr.

The parties will be designated as plaintiff and defendant according to the positions they occupied in the lower court.

Defendant attacks the judgment on two grounds: (1) Lack of proof of defendant’s negligence; and (2) Conclusive proof of plaintiff’s contributory negligence.

The accident occurred on a dry,…