Pearsall v. Paltas

In this action, plaintiffs sought to recover for the damage to their automobile resulting from the alleged negligence of defendant Pete Paltas (who will be referred to as though he were the sole defendant) in permitting his cattle to stray upon a public highway in a stock-restricted district. The jury returned a verdict for plaintiffs in the sum of $156.25. The trial court entered a judgment notwithstanding the verdict in the sum of $252.32. The defendant has appealed.

At about ten o’clock p. m., October 10, 1953, Marcella Fitzgerald was driving the automobile of her parents, Ralph and…