Mast v. Claxton

DEASY, J., pro tem.

Respondent brought this action to recover the sum of $100,000 as damages for personal injuries received by him in a collision between his automobile and the automobile of appellant. The case was tried before a jury, which rendered a verdict in respondent’s favor and against appellant for the sum of $20,000. From the judgment entered on said verdict and from the order denying a new trial this appeal was taken.

Briefly, the essential facts are as follows: Respondent, on the twentieth day of December, 1928, was driving a Dodge automobile in an easterly direction on the highway…