Thomas v. Lupis

LíNch, Judge:

Complaining of a verdict and judgment of $8,000 rendered against him, defendant by this writ of error seeks reversal of such judgment and the award of a new trial. The basis of the recovery was an injury sustained by plaintiff as a result of an automobile accident due to the alleged negligent operation of defendant’s car.

On the afternoon of June 7, 1919, plaintiff, an employee of the Welch Cash Store, left Welch in a Ford truck to deliver . a load of groceries at Premier, a neighboring town in the same county. With him was a fellow employee of the same company. A short distance…