Penley v. Glover

These two eases, tried together before a jury, grew out of a collision between a bus owned by W. E. Penley, doing business as Yellow Coach Company, and a truck owned by Mrs. Myrtle S. Glover, doing business as Glover’s Dry Cleaners. The parties will be referred to simply as Penley and Glover.

The cases were submitted to the jury on conflicting evidence which the parties agree would support a verdict in favor of either party. The Court carefully instructed the jury to return separate verdicts in each case based on their findings as to negligence and contributory negligense, but the jury…