Dyche v. Crawford

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Jackson, J.:

The two appeals involving independent cases in the court below were consolidated in this court because they both present the identical question. This opinion will be controlling in both cases.

On May 24, 1957, Leola Gamble Dyche and Cora E. Gamble each filed their petitions and began an action against Harvey S. Crawford as defendant in the district court of Stafford County. Both petitions alleged that the respective plaintiffs had been injured in an automobile accident which was alleged to have occurred in Miami County, and that the…