Johnson v. Howard

Plaintiffs brought. this.. action to recover damages in the sum of $81,860.26, alleged to have been sustained in an automobile accident. The jury returned a verdict for plaintiffs in the sum of $37,092.95. The trial court denied defendants’ motion for judgment n.o.v., but granted their alternative motion for a new trial. Plaintiffs appeal.

Appellants are husband and wife. The accident occurred at 5:45 p. m., on January 8,1952, at the intersection of northeast Eighth street and 108th avenue northeast, near Bellevue, Washington. Immediately prior to the accident, appellants were driving in a…