Graham v. Wriston

CalhouN, Judge :

Edward Graham, the plaintiff, instituted an action in trespass on the case in the Circuit Court of Fayette County to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by him on December 7, 1957, while a pedestrian on a public highway in that county as a result of his having been struck by an automobile owned and operated by Orville Wriston, the defendant. The trial of the case resulted in a jury verdict rendered in favor of the defendant on April 20,1959. From a final judgment embodied in an order entered on May 8, 1959, by which the trial court set aside the verdict and awarded…