Cincinnati Traction Co. v. Young

By the Court.

This was an action for damages for personal injury, in which the answer of the defendant pleaded a general denial and also averred that the injuries were caused wholly by the negligence of the plaintiff. The evidence introduced at the trial. was such that the jury might have been justified in finding that both the plaintiff and the deceased were negligent, and that their concurrent negligence directly contributed to produce the accident.

At the close of the case, and before arguments to the jury, the defendant requested the court in writing to give a charge upon contributory…