Prestwood v. Ivey

MERRILL, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment for $13,000 under a complaint in simple negligence,- charging L. M. Prestwood, Morris Prestwood and Clayton Prestwood, partners doing business as Prestwood Chair Company, and the driver of their truck, W. R. Reardon, with the negligent death of Emma C. Ivey. A motion for a new trial was overruled.

The accident occurred on a rainy afternoon, December 31, 1958. Defendants’ trailer truck was traveling south on U. S. 231, meeting the automobile driven by the decedent. The collision occurred on the east side of the road, the right wheels of…