Case Name: The Cincinnati Traction Co. v. Stanley C. Kroger
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1926
Citations: 4 Ohio Law Abs. 194
Docket Number: No. 19235
Parties: The Cincinnati Traction Co. v. Stanley C. Kroger.
Judges: Marshall, CJ., Jones, Day, Allen, Kinkade and Robinson, JJ., concur.
Reporter: The Ohio Law Abstract
Volume: 4
Pages: 194–194

Head Matter:
No. 19235
The Cincinnati Traction Co. v. Stanley C. Kroger.

Opinion:
MATTHIAS, J.
1. The provisions of Section 11447, General Code, respecting giving instructions to the jury before argument in civil cases, are mandatory.
2. In the trial for an action for damages for negligence wherein issue is made by general denial and also by averments of negligence of plaintiff which caused or contributed to cause the injury, it is the duty of the trial court to submit such issues to the jury if evidence has been adduced from which an inference of such negligence of the plaintiff may reasonably be drawn.
Judgment reversed.
Marshall, CJ., Jones, Day, Allen, Kinkade and Robinson, JJ., concur.