Hooker v. Schuler

Minnie Hooker, respondent, sued to recover $2,000 damages for personal injuries received on January 27, 1924, when she was struck by an automobile driven by Aloys Schuler.

A jury trial resulted in a verdict and judgment for respondent and the jury fixed her damages at $1,000, and defendant has appealed.

There is little dispute as to the facts. The record shows that on January 27, 1924, on a rainy evening, respondent was walking along a public highway leading from Ontario, Oregon, to the bridge across Snake River, on what is known as the Ontario-Payette Highway, one of the public highways of…