Smith v. Barnett

WADE, Justice.

Plaintiff, Vernon J. Smith, appeals from a jury verdict in a personal injury action, finding no cause for action in favor of the defendant, Wilmer Lee Barnett. The accident occurred December 29, 1962, shortly after 6 p. m. at the entrance of Rainbow Drive from the east into the east side of State Street in Murray. Plaintiff was injured while walking south in line with the sidewalk on the east side of State Street and had covered about two-thirds of the distance of the entrance when he was struck by defendant’s car which had come from the north on State Street and was making a…