Cooley v. Eskridge

Jim Eskridge, plaintiff below and defendant in error here, brought an action against Cecil G. Cooley, Lester M. Cooley, Vernon B. Smith and Nils A. Swensen, doing business under the name and style of the Edna Coal Company, a co-partnership; Paul Hunt, doing business under the trade name of Paul Hunt Construction Company, M. S. Ferrel, and Elmer Berglin, plaintiffs in error here and defendants below, to recover a judgment for damages to a tractor and his loss of earnings. Trial to a jury resulted in a verdict in plaintiff’s favor in the sum of $8,400, for which judgment was entered against all…