Sexton v. Johnson

GOODWYN, Justice.

Appeal by plaintiff from judgment rendered on a jury’s verdict in favor of defendant, and also from judgment denying plaintiff’s motion for a new trial.

Plaintiff, a minor suing by his next friend, was injured when an automobile driven by his mother, in which he was a passenger, collided with an automobile driven by the defendant.

Plaintiff’s complaint consisted of two negligence counts and one wanton count. The defendant interposed a plea of the general issue. The case went to the jury on all three counts. There was a general verdict for defendant.

The first of the two issues…