Morrison v. National Life & Accident Ins.

Mr. Special Justice Edward J. Smith

delivered the opinion of the Court.

In the early afternoon of Monday, July 20, 1936, a motorcycle operated by Morrison, a police officer of Memphis, collided with an automobile owned and operated by Darby, an insurance solicitor of the National Life and Accident Insurance Company in Memphis, under such circumstances that Morrison instituted an action for personal injuries against the Company and Darby.

At the conclusion of the evidence, the Company moved for a directed verdict.

Intimating that if the collision occurred within the limits of Darby’s “debit,” he…