Williams v. Schmidt

Opinion of the Court by

Judge McCandless

Affirming.

An. automobile owned by Frank Williams, while being driven by Ms son Walter upon the Ironton bridge, struck and injured A. H. Schmidt. The bridge spans the Ohio river and the injury occurred on the Kentucky side., Schmidt filed suit against both Frank and Walter Williams, alleging negligence in general terms and seeking to recover for his injuries. The answer traversed the allegations of the petition and pleaded contributory negligence, which was controverted by reply. In a jury trial plaintiff recovered $1,794.00 against both defendants. They…