Derrick v. Rock

This appeal involves ■ two cases consolidated for trial below. Both arise out of an automobile collision that occurred at about eleven o ’clock on the night of June 13, 1949. There was evidence from which the jury might have found the facts to be these: Appellant Derrick is an employee of appellant, Dorothy V. Flowers, who owns a bottling plant at Eudora. On the night of the collision Derrick was returning from a business trip to Mississippi, driving a sedan owned by Mrs. Flowers. Derrick’s wife was seated beside him, and appellee, L. W. Tindall, and his wife were riding in the back seat. At…