Hickle v. Irick

This action grew out of an automobile accident in which the plaintiff, Mrs. Bertha Hiclde, sued the defendant, Ralph E. Irick, for damages for personal injuries, in the Circuit Court of Knox County.

The case was tried during the September 1955 term of that Court before the Honorable. William C. Burton, Judge of the Second Division, and a jury, resulting in a verdict and judgment for defendant. Motion for new trial was duly filed by the plaintiff, and argued before the trial judge on November 19, 1955. At the conclusion of the argument the Judge orally stated that the motion for new trial was…