Lucas v. Bowman Dairy Co.

MR. PRESIDING JUSTICE ENGLISH

delivered the opinion of the court.

Defendant appeals from an adverse verdict and judgment of $7,000 for damages to plaintiff’s furniture store and merchandise therein. At the trial the issue of liability was contested, but defendant now admits liability and contests only the amount of damages assessed by the jury.

The action arose from the loss of a wheel from a truck owned by defendant and driven by its agent along the street in front of plaintiff’s store on April 9, 1956. Upon its detachment, the wheel, with the driver running in pursuit, rolled 100 to 150 feet,…