Buckley v. United Gas Public Service, Co.

Appellant instituted an action for damages against appellee and, as a co defendant, against Boy L. Stegall, an employee of appellee, for personal injuries alleged to have been suffered by appellant as a proximate result of the negligence of said employee in the course- of his employment. Two trials have been had in the circuit court. On the first trial the jury returned a verdict against both defendants for eighteen thousand five hundred dollars. A motion for a new trial was made and sustained. The judgment sustaining that motion was upon thé ground, among others, that the verdict was…