Jacobs v. Hobson

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Wedell, J.:

Separate actions were brought by a husband and his wife to recover damages resulting from an automobile collision. *108Plaintiffs recovered judgments against each of three defendants, and they have appealed. The actions were consolidated before trial and are so presented on appeal. The petitions were identical except as to personal injuries sustained by the wife and as to the damages to the husband’s car and expenses which he incurred for his wife’s medical attention.

The defendant, Lawrence Hobson, the driver of the car, was a minor fourteen…