Trewolla v. Garrett

The appellant, W. D. Trewolla, an undertaker, brought this suit to recover the sum of $163.72, together with the legal rate of interest thereon from March 11, 1943, as an expense and damage caused by the appellee, Barthall Garrett, to the Packard ambulance or hearse of the appellant as a result of a collision on the public highway.

The trial court overruled the plaintiff’s request for a directed verdict in his favor and granted an instruction to the def endant on the alleged contributory negligence of the plaintiff. This is all assigned as error since the trial resulted in a verdict for the…