Gantt v. Sissell

On October 31, 1951, Mrs. J. W. Burnett left her home in Texarkana to drive her mother, Mrs. Nettie Gantt (appellant), to Murfreesboro. When they were about 3 miles northeast of Nashville on Highway No. 70, the Lincoln automobile which Mrs. Burnett was driving collided with a Ford car going in the opposite direction driven by Wesley Floyd Sissell, appellee, resulting in injuries to Mrs. Gantt. A suit for damages was filed by Mrs. Gantt against Sissell on the ground that the collision was caused by his negligence or by the concurring negligence of him and Mrs. Burnett.

This appeal from a jury…