Doan v. Hoppe

Paine, j.

This is an action for injuries to a p'edestrian who was hit by an automobile, and the jury returned a verdict of $2,000. Defendant appealed.

The defendant assigns as error the action of the trial court in overruling the motion of the defendant to return a verdict in his favor at the close of the evidence, said motion being based on the ground that there was insufficient evidence to sustain a verdict for the plaintiff, and that the evidence failed to establish an issue of negligence as a matter of law, for that the plaintiff was guilty of negligence contributing to his own injuries in…