Biddle v. Haddix

Calhoun, Judge:

This case, on appeal from a final judgment of the Circuit Court of Marion County, involves a civil action for recovery of damages for personal injuries sustained on December 31, 1967, by James Lewis Biddle, an infant, when he was struck by a panel truck owned and operated by William H. Haddix, the defendant, on a secondary public road in Marion County. James Lewis Biddle will be referred to in this opinion as the plaintiff.

The jury trial, held in early December, 1969, resulted in a verdict for $500 in favor of the plaintiff. From a judgment entered on that verdict, the…