Case Name: RALLS v. HALLE BROS. CO.
Court: Ohio Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1924-02-20
Citations: 2 Ohio Law Abs. 298
Docket Number: No. 5042
Parties: RALLS v. HALLE BROS. CO.
Judges: 
Reporter: The Ohio Law Abstract
Volume: 2
Pages: 298–298

Head Matter:
No. 352
RALLS v. HALLE BROS. CO.
Ohio Appeals, 8th Dist., Cuyahoga County
No. 5042.
Decided Feb. 20, 1924
629. NEGLIGENCE — Jury is properly instructed on contributory negligence raised as issue by evidence as well as when especially pleaded.
Attorneys — C. T. Rich, for Ralls; J. R. Kist-ner, for Halle Bros. Co.
Chittenden, Kinkade and Richards, JJ., sitting

Opinion:
CHITTENDEN, J.
Epitomized Opinion
Published Only in Ohio Law Abstract
Ralls sued Halle Bros, to recover for the loss of the services of his wife and for expenditures made by him for doctors and .hospital bills as the result of injuries sustained by her through the alleged negligence of the Halle Bros. The jury returned a verdict for Halle Bros. The court charged the jury upon the subject of conributory negligence, even though it was not specifically pleaded in the answer. In affirming* the judgment, the Court of Appeals held:
1. "When the issue of contributory negligence is raised by evidence properly offered ,by the parties, the issue thus raised is to be determined by the same rules as to burden of proof and otherwise as if made by the pleadings. 90 OS. 183."