Porter v. Liberty Film Lines, Inc.

LOONEY, Justice.

Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Porter, appellants, sued Liberty Film Lines, Inc., appellee, to recover damages for personal injuries received in an automobile collision alleged to have been caused by the negligence of appellee’s truck driver. Appellee answered, alleging contributory negligence on the part of the appellants. The jury convicted both appellee and appellants of negligence proximately causing the collision, assessed appellants’ damages at $12,500, and upon this verdict the court rendered judgment in favor of appellee, from which this appeal was prosecuted.

At the threshold, we…