CHERRY v. STEDMAN

No. 15873.

259 F.2d 774 (1958)

William J. CHERRY, Appellant, v. Lois E. STEDMAN, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit.

September 24, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. King, Minneapolis, Minn. (Ray G. Moonan, Minneapolis, Minn., on the brief), for appellant.

John H. McGuigan, St. Paul, Minn. (Thomas J. Battis, McGuigan & McGuigan, and Murnane & Murnane, St. Paul, Minn., on the brief), for appellee.

Before GARDNER, Chief Judge, and JOHNSEN and VAN OOSTERHOUT, Circuit Judges.


JOHNSEN, Circuit Judge.

The jury, in a Minnesota auto-collision case, awarded the plaintiff $13,500 damages, as well as finding against the defendant on his counterclaim. The court entered judgment on the verdict, and the defendant has appealed.

His first contention here is that the plaintiff was guilty of contributory negligence as a matter of law, and that the trial court therefore erred in denying defendant's motions for a directed verdict and for judgment...

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