Baber v. Akers Motor Lines, Inc.

FAHY, Circuit Judge.

Katherine and Emmett Baber, plaintiffs in the District Court, are husband and wife. They sued the Akers Motor Lines, Inc., for personal injuries to the wife and for consequent expense and loss of consortium by the husband, growing out of a collision with a truck of the Motor Lines. At the time of the accident the Baber car was occupied by the wife and Louis E. Baker, who was driving it. The Motor Lines defended, and also counter-claimed against both plaintiffs for damages to its truck. 1

After a trial before a jury judgment was rendered for the Motor Lines on plaintiffs’…