Higgins v. Patrick

Tlie plaintiffs below, Sam Ella Higgins and the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the Town of Alamo, severally appeal in error from a judgment of the Circuit Court of Crockett County withdrawing their cases from the jury and directing verdicts in favor of the defendant below, Fred Patrick. Both suits arose out of the same automobile accident and the cases were tried together to the same jury.

Mrs. Sam Ella Higgins, as the surviving widow of Chester Higgins, brought suit for damages against the defendant, Fred Patrick, and another defendant, Marvin Crisp, alleging that her husband, Chester…