GAY v. AUGUR

No. 12624.

231 F.2d 495 (1956)

Helen V. F. GAY, Appellant, v. George M. AUGUR, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided February 16, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Robert T. Smith, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Mr. Cornelius H. Doherty, Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Before PRETTYMAN, FAHY and DANAHER, Circuit Judges.


PRETTYMAN, Circuit Judge.

This is an automobile accident case. Defendant was the successful party in a trial before a jury. The principal point made here is that the trial court erred in refusing to give the jury an instruction on last clear chance.

Plaintiff Gay was seated in her husband's car, which was parked, in violation of a traffic regulation, alongside a highway, facing and near the brow of a hill. Another car, in distress, was parked nearly opposite...

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