Traylor v. Butler

HARWOOD, Justice.

The plaintiff received severe injuries when the defendant’s pick-up truck collided with a tractor and “wagon trailer” the plaintiff was driving near an intersection of a dirt road and a hard surfaced road. In his complaint, the plaintiff claimed damages of $50,000.00. A jury trial resulted in a verdict for the defendant. Thereafter the plaintiff perfected this appeal.

The evidence presented by the plaintiff tended to show that he had been hauling watermelons from a patch north of the site of the accident down to a triangle formed by the intersection of two hard surfaced roads…