Tyree v. Lariew

Plaintiff, Brown Edward Tyree, obtained a jury verdict in the amount of $9,000 against the defendant, Edward B. Lariew, for personal injuries sustained in an automobile accident. The trial court set aside the jury’s verdict, entered judgment for the defendant, and plaintiff is here on a writ of error.

Plaintiff’s sole contention is that the court erred in setting aside the jury’s verdict and entering judgment for the defendant.

The accident occurred on May 4, 1963, around 9 p.m., near Gladstone, Virginia, while the plaintiff was operating defendant’s 1962 Studebaker automobile in an easterly…