LEWIS v. CROCKETT

No. 5-4276.

420 S.W.2d 89 (1967)

243 Ark. 377

H. J. LEWIS et ux., Appellants, v. Johnny CROCKETT, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

November 6, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James R. Howard, Little Rock, for appellant.

Cockrill, Laser, McGehee, Sharp & Boswell, Little Rock, for appellee.


HARRIS, Chief Justice.

The question in this case is whether the Pulaski County Circuit Court (Third Division) committed error by giving an instruction to the jury on unavoidable accident. On January 25, 1963, in Little Rock, Mrs. Bessie Lewis, appellant herein,1 was proceeding south on Mississippi Street, between 8:00 and 8:30 P.M., on her way home from a women's club meeting. A freezing rain had begun to fall, and the streets were becoming...

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