Earle v. Wyrick

BRITT, Judge.

Plaintiff first assigns as error that portion of the jury instructions wherein the court charged, on the issue of plaintiff’s intestate’s contributory negligence, that it is unlawful for a pedestrian to walk along the traveled portion of any highway except the extreme left-hand side, and even when walking on the left side, a pedestrian must yield the right-of-way to approaching traffic. Plaintiff contends that the evidence in this case tended to show that his intestate was walking in the left lane and was struck by a car approaching from the rear and in the right lane; that…