Frye v. Elkins

These two suits were tried together, by consent, as they arose out of the same accident.

The suits originated in a justice of the peace court where Mrs. Elkins sued the defendant,, Carl Frye, for damages for personal injuries and for property damage (breaking of her eyeglasses) when the automobile which she was backing out of her garage collided with his car which he had parked in her driveway. The Drennan-Elkins Motor Company, the owner of the automobile which Mrs. Elkins was driving, sued for damage to the automobile. Judgments were rendered in favor of Mrs. Elkins and the Motor Company. The…