McDowell v. Federal Tea Co., Inc.

These cases were tried together and resulted in plaintiffs’ verdicts. The named defendant appealed from the refusal of the trial court to set them aside and from the judgments, claiming error in the omission to charge as requested.

The jury could reasonably have found the following facts: Two cars were involved, a Dodge panel delivery truck owned by the Federal Tea Company and driven by Norman Whitney and a Chevrolet pleasure car owned by Anna T. O’Conneü and driven by Richard J. O’Connell. Agency was admitted. Both cars were proceeding south at about twenty-five miles per hour on Noble Avenue…