Coombs v. Perry

CROCKETT, Justice.

Plaintiff Iona Coombs was struck down by the defendant’s car as she walked westward in a pedestrian walk on Washington Boulevard in Ogden. Defendant appeals from a judgment entered on a jury verdict, contending, (1) that plaintiff failed to prove that he was negligent and (2) that the trial court should have ruled as a matter of law that the plaintiff was guilty of contributory negligence in failing to keep out of his way.

The basis of defendant’s appeal is that the evidence so conclusively supports his views as to these two points that the court was required to so rule as a…