Murphy v. Harmon

Opinion op the Court by

Sims, Commissioner—

Motion overruled and judgments affirmed.

These two cases grow out of the same automobile accident wherein the plaintiffs, Mrs. Susie Harmon and Mrs. Lena Goodwin, the mother-in-law and aunt by marriage, respectively, of the defendant, Eugene T. Murphy, suffered severe personal injuries when defendant’s car in which they were riding as- his guests overturned. The pleadings are practically identical and by agreement the cases were consolidated below for trial.

This appeal is from judgments of $1,000 each in favor of the plaintiffs entered on verdicts…