Ackley ex rel. Ackley v. Hannawacker

Pek Curiam.

Bertha Ackley, mother of Bertha Ackley, a minor, instituted this suit on her own behalf and as next friend of her daughter, for damages sustained by herself and her daughter as a result of her daughter’s being struck by an automobile owned and driven by the defendant, Frank Hannawacker.

The jury rendered a verdict for the plaintiffs and the defendant appeals, and argues that the judgment should be reversed because of (1) the refusal of the trial judge to non-suit, and (2) the refusal to direct a verdict for the defendant.

Both questions may be considered together since they raise…