Cowley v. Bolander

It is quite manifest that the instruction given before argument, which was in substance that a verdict must be rendered for the defendants if the jury found that the automobile being towed struck the plaintiff as a result of the act of the person at the steering wheel of that automobile, is incorrect in its statement of the law applicable to the case, in view of the evidence disclosed by the record. A similar instruction was given in the general charge, and the court thereby determined as a matter of law that the defendants had no responsibility whatever for the action of the man at the…