Brown v. Vanhook

CLAY, Commissioner.

The appellee plaintiff recovered approximately $5,000 for personal injuries when she was struck by defendant’s truck while crossing a highway. The record discloses a clear case of contributory negligence as a matter of law.

Plaintiff lives on the west side of an 18 foot paved highway in the country, which runs generally north and south. She alighted from an automobile in which she had been riding when it stopped opposite her home on the east side of the highway. As the car drove off (in a northward direction), plaintiff started across the highway. She testified that when she…