Eubanks v. Wood

COLLINGS, Justice.

This is a suit by Joe Wood and his wife, Bessie Mae Wood, against Ellis Eubanks and J. C. Godwin, police officers of the City of Big Spring, Texas. Plaintiffs sought damages for personal injuries received by Mrs. Wood when the automobile in which she was riding as a passenger was struck by a police car owned by the City of Big Spring and operated by the defendant Ellis Eubanks in the course of his employment by the City as a police officer. The case was tried before a jury and at the close of the evidence both defendants moved the court for an instructed verdict. The motion…