Warren v. Crockett

In these cases there were verdicts and judgments for plaintiffs against defendant in the Circuit Court. The Court of Appeals reversed and entered judgments dismissing the actions as on directed verdicts. We granted plaintiffs’ petition for certiorari and the cases have been heard here.

These actions grew out of an automobile accident on a street in the city of Jackson. Mrs. Warren was on the front seat with her husband in his car, driven by him. He had stopped behind traffic that had stopped to permit a left turn; and while his car was standing still, defendant, in his car, overtook, ran into…