Hall v. Young

Minor W. Millwee, Justice.

Appellee was awarded a verdict and judgment in circuit court against appellant for $1,400 compensatory damages and $100 punitive damages as the result of an automobile collision. The collision occurred about 9:00 p. m., March 11, 1950, while appellee was driving east on State Highway 20 about a mile west of 'Walnut Corner in Phillips County. Appellant and four other young men were returning to Marvell from a night club near Forrest City, Arkansas. Appellant and two of his companions had been drinking heavily since early in the afternoon and had stopped at Walnut…