HALFACRE v. HART


241 S.W.2d 421 (1951)

HALFACRE v. HART (two cases).

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

June 16, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. A. Langford, Cookeville, for plaintiff.

Goodpasture, Carpenter & Dale, Nashville, for defendants.


TOMLINSON, Justice.

E.D. Hart and his son, Roy, instituted these two suits consolidated for trial to recover for damages and injuries received in an automobile wreck in which a car driven by Halfacre was involved. At the close of plaintiff's proof the Court sustained Halfacre's motion for a directed verdict on the ground that all reasonable minds must agree that Hart and son were guilty of negligence which proximately contributed to the accident.

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