Covington & C. Elevated Ry. & Transfer & Bridge Co. v. Sandlin

Opinion of the Court by

Sims, Commissioner

— Reversing.

The reversal of this judgment for $3,000 is sought upon three grounds: 1. The Court should have given a peremptory instruction in favor of the defendants, the appellants here. 2. The instructions given were erroneous and those offered by the appellant were correct. 3. The verdict is excessive.

The facts shown by the record are as follows: The plaintiff below, Mrs. Mamie Sandlin, the appellee here, at the time of the accident on May 6, 1936, was a woman 62 years of age and was in robust health. On that day she was a passenger on one of the…