Carpenter v. McCourt Construction Co.

This is an appeal on questions of law from a judgment in favor of Talmadge Dolen Carpenter, the appellee herein, entered in the Common Pleas Court of Summit County, Ohio, against the appellant herein, McCourt Construction Company.

The parties will be referred to as Carpenter and McCourt.

In the afternoon of August 10, 1953, Carpenter was operating a motorcycle in a northerly direction on state route 241, about three miles north of the village of Greensburg, in Summit County, Ohio. His wife was riding on the rear portion of the double saddle seat with which the motorcycle was equipped.

McCourt…