Argo v. Blackshear

Lyle BrowN, Justice.

Joe and Bessie Blackshear, appellees and parents of eight-year-old Phyllis Black-shear, recovered judgment for the death of Phyllis which occurred in a- traffic mishap. Phyllis was crossing a highway in Cleburne County and was struck by a car driven by appellant, L. R. Argo. The sole question on appeal concerns the action of the trial judge in setting aside the interrogatories answered by the jury and resubmitting the ease to the same jury on a general verdict.

The case was first submitted on four interrogatories. The answers found driver and pedestrian equally negligent…