Olenick v. Standard Oil Co.
Olenick v. Standard Oil Co.
Opinion of the Court
This is an appeal from a judgment in favor of the plaintiff for $5,000 entered on the verdict of a jury in a case of collision between two automobiles. The only grounds of appeal urged are that the court erred in refusing to nonsuit and that
It is not suggested that Montgomery was free from negligence and, as we have said, the only point raised is, that the court should have held plaintiff guilty of contributorjr negligence and taken the case from the jury. The accident is one of a class that are of frequent occurrence and in which a jury question is almost always presented. We do not see that the present case is any exception to this rule. The jury was entitled to find on the evidence that the plaintiff had the right of way and was not shown to be guilty of negligence in asserting it. The real question under such circumstances would probably be whether he became aware that Montgomery was not going to respect any right that he had to cross. That he had such knowledge is by no means clear, to say the least; and in view of the whole situation, we are of opinion that a jury question was presented on this matter of contributory negligence, and consequently there was no error that should warrant a reversal.
The judgment will accordingly be affirmed.
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