Hampton v. Padgett

In addition to referring to the parties by name we will also refer to them as they were designated in the trial Court, wherein appellants were plaintiffs and appellee was defendant.

The plaintiffs are husband and wife, and their suits, which were tried together, arose out of an automobile accident that occurred in the day time on March 24, 1965, north of the town of Etowah, Tennessee, on U.S. Highway 411 which is a two lane black topped highway running approximately north and south.

The plaintiffs were travelling northwardly in the husband’s automobile, which was being driven by the husband,…