Taylor v. Cockrell

The two plaintiffs sued separately for damages for personal injuries. By stipulation the causes were tried together before the same jury. The plaintiff Taylor had a verdict for $1,000; the plaintiff Goff a verdict for $3,000. The defendant has appealed on typewritten transcripts and, by order of court, these appeals have been heard jointly.

The two plaintiffs were guests of the defendant, who was driving an automobile owned by him along the public highway running from Dublin to Walnut Creek at about midnight of September 18, 1929. The paved portion of this highway is banked in the middle for a…