Scott v. Dunn

419 So.2d 1340 (1982)

John C. SCOTT and Thelma K. Scott

v.

E. J. DUNN, et al.

80-829.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

July 23, 1982.

Rehearing Denied September 17, 1982.

G. Houston Howard, II, Wetumpka, for appellants.

Ted Taylor and Roger Morrow, Prattville, and Tom Wright, Montgomery, for appellees.

TORBERT, Chief Justice.

On January 16, 1980, John Scott, accompanied by his wife, Thelma Scott, was driving his automobile on Highway 14 in Autauga County, Alabama, when he struck a cow owned and/or cared for by Ben, E. J., and Glenn Dunn, and Dry Creek Farms. The Scotts brought suit in Circuit Court to recover…