Nelms v. Beckcom

ELLIS, Judge.

Plaintiffs-appellants have appealed from an adverse judgment as the result of a collision between the automobile owned by plaintiff, Everett M. Nelms, and being driven at the time by his wife, Pauline Byrd Nelms, also a plaintiff herein, with the automobile belonging to and being driven by the defendant-appellee, Warren Beckcom, on a clear dry day at about 10 :00 a.m. on June IS, 1957. Suit was not filed until June 13, 1958, and answer was filed on August 29, 1958 but no effort was made by plaintiffs to bring the case to trial. At the request of defendant’s counsel, on December…