# Brown v. Wilson

> Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · December 21, 1953 · 209 F.2d 151

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/233047

## Case

- **Full name:** Brown v. Wilson
- **Court:** Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
- **Decided:** December 21, 1953
- **Citations:** 209 F.2d 151; 1953 U.S. App. LEXIS 3142
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Opinion
- **Judges:** Martin, McALLISTER, Miller, Per Curiam
- **Cited by:** 1 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

PER CURIAM.
This cause having been considered by the Court on the record, briefs and argument of counsel for the respective parties;
And the Court being of the opinion that the appellant in walking upon the right shoulder of the highway at about 11:00 p. m., when he was struck and injured by appellee’s automobile which was traveling in the same direction as was appellant, was violating the provisions of Kentucky Revised Statutes 189.570
*152
and by reason thereof was contributo-rily negligent as a matter of law;
And that it was not error on the part of the District Judge to sustain appel-lee’s motion for summary judgment by reason thereof; Saddler v. Parham, Ky., 249 S.W.2d 945 ; Applegate v. Johnson, 306 Ky. 358 , 208 S.W.2d 77 ; See also Hughes v. Bates’ Adm’r, 278 Ky. 592 , 129 S.W.2d 138 ;
It is ordered that the judgment of the District Court be affirmed.

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