Hoover v. Denton

EAGER, Judge.

This case comes here upon a much abbreviated record and on one point of law. The lawyers are to be commended for their forthrightness. We shall - refer to the parties as they appeared below. The suit was for personal injuries sustained by plaintiff when his car and defendant’s truck collided on Highway 24 in Jackson County, about 8:00 p. m. on January 27,1957. Plaintiff was going east, defendant west. While various claims of negligence were pleaded, pro and con, the ultimate issue of fact in the trial was: Who was partially on the wrong side of the road? Plaintiff was immediately…