Leonhart v. Gilbreath

WERLEIN, Justice.

Appellees, Mrs. Margaret L. Gilbreath and husband, sued appellants to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by Mrs. Gilbreath on May 17, 1958 as a result of a collision between the Gilbreath car and a truck-trailer driven by appellant, Wilbur Lee Leonhart, and owned by appellant, Archie Lacy. The case was tried before the court without a jury. From the court’s judgment awarding appellees $24,-500, appellants have perfected their appeal.

Appellants complain that the judgment of the court is grossly excessive and that the trial court erred in assuming appellants *370were…