Elliott v. Yawn

Jaunice Yawn and George Bennett sued Clayton C. Elliott for damages allegedly caused by the negligence of the defendant’s servant. On January 25, 1953, at about 8 p. m., the plaintiffs’ employee was driving the plaintiffs’ tractor-trailer truck in a southerly direction on U. S. Highway No.;341. At the same time the defendant’s employee was driving the defendant’s tractor-trailer truck in a northerly direction along the same highway. The two trucks met on a bridge on the highway at a point approximately five miles east of Perry, Georgia. While on the bridge the two trucks collided causing…