City of Meridian v. King

Appellee King brought this action in the circuit court of Lauderdale county against appellant City of Meridian to recover damages for an injury he received while driving his automobile in the nighttime at the intersection of Seventeenth Avenue and Front Street, two much traveled thoroughfares of the city. He recovered a judgment in the sum of $2,500, from which the city prosecutes this appeal.

The principal ground relied on for reversal is that the court erred in refusing the city's request for a directed verdict. The giving of two of the instructions granted the plaintiff is also assigned and…