Little Rock Gas & Fuel Co. v. Coppedge
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Pulaski Circuit Court; Guy' Fulh, Judge; 1. ■ The court erred in consolidating the causes. Necessarily the husband and wife must both testify for themselves and for each other. 86 Ark. 130. 2. In order to recover, two things must be established. (1) Negligence of defendant and (2) that this negligence wias the proximate ¡cause of the injury.
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Appeal from Pulaski Circuit Court; Guy' Fulh, Judge; 1. ■ The court erred in consolidating the causes. Necessarily the husband and wife must both testify for themselves and for each other. 86 Ark. 130. 2. In order to recover, two things must be established. (1) Negligence of defendant and (2) that this negligence wias the proximate ¡cause of the injury. Plaintiffs failed in both respects. 3. Evidence as to the presence of gas at other times and places was not admissible. 19 Ind. App. ¡663; 49 N. E. 1085 ;■53 N. E. 486-7; 59 Id. 413. 4. It was error to refuse to require the plaintiffs to…
1Opinion of the Court
Hart, J..
P. N. Coppedge and Anna Coppedge, his wife, instituted separate actions against the Little Rock Gas & Fuel Company and the Pulaski Gas Light Company to recover damages for injuries sustained by Anna Coppedge on account of the alleged negligence of the defendants. Over the objection of the defendants the cases were consolidated and tried together. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff, P. N. Coppedge in the sum of $7,500.00, and in favor of Anna Coppedge in the same sum. Judgments were rendered upon the verdicts and the defendants have appealed.
The cases were ordered…
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