Barty v. Collins

TUTTLE, J., Pro Tem., Delivered the Opinion of the Court.

This is an action to recover damages alleged to have been suffered by plaintiff on account of personal injuries received in an automobile collision. The jury returned a verdict against defendant Collins in the sum of $15,000. Upon motion of defendant corporation, the court directed a verdict in its favor, and from the verdict so rendered plaintiff prosecutes this appeal.

On the evening of July 11, 1928, defendant Collins, while in the general employment of defendant corporation, was driving his own automobile along the state highway,…