Porterfield v. Sudduth

Litz, Judge:

The jury returned a verdict for $1500.00 against defendant, Walton Sudduth, in favor of plaintiff, Margaret Beatrice Porterfield, for personal injuries sustained by her in a collision between a Ford motor truck driven by her husband, J. K. Porterfield (in which she with her two-year-old son was riding), and another motor truck belonging to defendant. Plaintiff prosecutes this writ to the judgment of the circuit court, setting aside the verdict and granting defendant a new trial.

The accident occurred in a fog about 6:45 a. m., October 8, 1934, on Bluefield Avenue, Bluefield, West…