Bennett v. Hardwell

This suit grows out of an automobile collision. Bennett, the complainant, 20 years of age, and four other young men about the same age. were traveling south on U. S. Highway 51 in a 'Chevrolet automobile. Hickey was driving. Defendant, Tom J. Hardwell, and certain members of his family, were traveling north in a Lincoln automobile on the same highway. Hardwell was driving. There was a collision between the two cars about eight miles south of Pickens, Mississippi. The highway at that point is straight and runs north and south. Complainant suffered severe personal injuries, necessitating an…