Witherspoon v. Guttierez

HOUSER, Commissioner.

This is an action for personal injuries sustained by a passenger, one Gertie Zoel-lers Witherspoon, in an automobile collision in Jackson County. A verdict and judgment for $8,000 was rendered for plaintiff and against defendant, Lawrence Guttierez. On this appeal defendant raises only one point: error in the giving of plaintiff’s main verdict-directing' Instruction No. 1.

Highway No. 71 runs north and south. No. 71 at the scene of the collision is a divided highway with separate double lanes for northbound and southbound traffic, each 20 feet wide, separated by a wide…