Clark v. Small

These parties appeared in reverse order in the trial court and will be hereinafter so designated.

Plaintiff brought this action demanding $1,756.60 actual damages, and $1,500 exemplary damages, for injuries received to person and property arising from an automobile collision. The jury returned a verdict in his favor for $1,250 actual damages and $100 exemplary damages. To review the judgment thereupon entered defendant prosecutes this writ and asks that it be made a supersedeas.

The rules of the road governing automobile travel on public highways in this state provide, among other things:

“(b)…