BROWN v. VANHOOK


359 S.W.2d 612 (1962)

Elmer Lee BROWN, Appellant, v. Angle VANHOOK, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

Rehearing Denied September 21, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hamm, Taylor & Milby, Robert L. Milby, London, John G. Prather, Somerset, for appellant.

Russell Jones, Fritz Krueger, Somerset, for appellee.


CLAY, Commissioner.

The appellee plaintiff recovered approximately $5,000 for personal injuries when she was struck by defendant's truck while crossing a highway. The record discloses a clear case of contributory negligence as a matter of law.

Plaintiff lives on the west side of an 18 foot paved highway in the country, which runs generally north and south. She alighted from an automobile in which she had been riding when it stopped opposite her home on the...

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