Yelm v. Masters

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Circuit Court of Fulton County in favor of plaintiff Linda Sue Yelm, a minor, by Joney K. Yelm, her father and next friend, as against defendant Gurney Masters in the sum of $40,000. The post-trial motion was denied and on appeal in this court, defendant contends the cause should be reversed because the verdict was contrary to the manifest weight of the evidence and reflects passion or sympathy and is excessive; that plaintiff did not sustain her burden of showing due care; that there was a limitation on defendant alone as to the giving of instructions…