Murphy v. Thompson

DE CONCINI; Justice.

Plaintiff and wife Francis M. Murphy and Carrie A. Murphy, respectively, brought separate actions against James A. Thompson, defendant, which actions were consolidated for trial. The actions were for physical and property damages sustained as a result of an automobile accident on May 9, 1948 at 8 p. m. on South Central Avenue, Phoenix, Arizona. From a judgment in favor of defendant plaintiffs appeal

The accident occurred in this manner. Defendant was driving southerly on Central Avenue in his 1942 Ford truck with a 25 foot semi-trailer attached. He passed a car on the left…