Seventh Generation

4821. Cora Viola Coffey was born on 15 December 1887 in Kentucky. Cora died of pellegra on 19 September 1919 at the age of 31 in Whitley Co., KY and was buried at Camp Ground Cemetery in London, Laurel Co., KY on 20 September 1919.^15263,15264

Cora Viola Coffey and Roy Chester "Chester" Wilkerson were married on 19 December 1906 in Laurel Co., KY.¹⁵²⁶⁵ Cora and Chester¹⁵²⁶⁵ appeared in the census on 19 April 1910 in McHargue, Laurel Co., KY.¹⁵²⁶⁶ Roy Chester "Chester" Wilkerson, son of John Russell Wilkerson and Mary Mae Box, was born on 4 March 1890 in Laurel Co., KY. He registered for the WWI draft on 5 June 1917¹⁵²⁶⁷ Roy died at Somerset City Hospital in Somerset, Pulaski Co., KY on 8 August 1952 of cardiac failure as the result of an automobile accident and was buried at Locust Grove Cemetery in Keavy, Laurel Co., KY on 10 August 1952 .^{15268,15269,15270}

April 30, 1954

Court of Appeals of Kentucky

Wilkerson's Adm'x
v.
KING

Combs

The car of Roy Chester Wilkerson collided head-on with the car of Delmer Turner at the intersection of Highways 80 and 461 in Pulaski County. The appellee, T. H. King, a passenger in Wilkerson's car, was injured. Nancy Ann Lawson, a passenger in the Turner Car, was killed. Wilkerson later died from injuries received by him. In the trial of a suit by the administrator of Nancy Ann Lawson against both Turner and Wilkerson, the appellee was called as a witness by Wilkerson and testified that the accident occurred on Wilkerson's side of the road. In the present suit by appellee to recover for his injuries against Wilkerson's administratrix, he recovered judgment based on a jury's verdict in the amount of $5,000.

The appellant argues two grounds for reversal: (1) There is a conflict between appellee's testimony in this case and his testimony in the Lawson case and he is bound by his previous testimony; (2) the physical facts show that the accident occurred on Wilkerson's side of the road.

We find no material conflict between appellee's testimony in the two cases. He testified in the Lawson case that the accident occurred on Wilkerson's side of the road. On cross-examination in this case he testified to the same effect. But that is not the decisive question before us. It has been Turner's contention all along, and is the contention of appellee now, that just prior to the collision Wilkerson cut his vehicle to the left as if he intended to turn off of Highway 80 and enter Highway 461; that Turner thereupon turned his vehicle to his left in order to avoid the Wilkerson car; and that Wilkerson apparently having decided not to turn off of Highway 80 then cut his car back to his right, and into the path of the Turner car. The jury apparently believed the accident occurred in this manner, and the evidence supports its verdict.

Judgment affirmed.

Cora Viola Coffey and Roy Chester "Chester" Wilkerson had the following children: