Collins v. Hughes

This is an action at law to recover damages for personal injuries received by plaintiff on November 28, 1934. On that day plaintiff was riding as a passenger in a Chevrolet coupé, proceeding west on Maple street in Douglas county on the paved highway, about 2 o’clock p. m. on a bright, clear day, when the defendants, driving a large refrigerator truck proceeding west, overtook and negligently struck the automobile in which plaintiff was riding in its rear and knocked the same a considerable distance. In his original petition plaintiff alleges that as a result of the collision he suffered a…