Brand v. Rorke

This is an action brought by the appellant to recover for personal injuries sustained while she was riding as a passenger in the appellee’s car. At the conclusion of the plaintiff’s proof the trial court directed a verdict for the defendant. The question is whether the plaintiff made a case for the jury.

During the 1953-1954 school year Miss Brand was living in Clarksville but was employed as a school teacher at Oark, in the northern part of the county. Miss Brand, the defendant Rorke, and a third teacher made an arrangement by which the two men alternated in driving their cars from…