Meegal v. Memphis Street Railway Co.

The plaintiff, Albert E. Meegal, sued the Memphis Street Railway Company and Walter Ernest Huffman for damages for personal injuries sustained by him when a bicycle on which he was riding was allegedly struck by a bus owned by the. defendant street railway company and operated on the streets of Memphis by its servant, Huffman. A trial before the judge and a jury resulted in a verdict for the defendants upon which a judgment was entered, dismissing the suit.

The plaintiff, Meegal, insists: (1) that there was no material evidence to support a verdict; that (2) the judge committed reversible…