SMITH v. BENNETT

No. 7972.

1 Utah 2d 224 (1953)

265 P.2d 401

SMITH v. BENNETT.

Supreme Court of Utah.

December 22, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W.D. Beatie, Salt Lake City, for appellant.

Stewart, Cannon & Hanson, Ernest F. Baldwin, Jr., Rex J. Hanson, Don J. Hanson and Edward M. Garrett, Salt Lake City, for respondent.


WOLFE, Chief Justice.

Action to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by appellant, plaintiff below, Henrietta Smith, a pedestrian, allegedly caused by the negligence of respondent automobile driver, defendant below. At the conclusion of the evidence, defendant made a motion for a directed verdict which was granted upon the ground that plaintiff was contributorily negligent as a matter of law. The question presented is whether the trial court erred in directing...

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