Scoggins v. Curtiss & Taylor

The writ of error was granted on account of the tenative opinion of the Court that injury probably resulted to petitioners from the cumulative effect of four acts of misconduct on the part of the jury.

Petitioners E. T. Scoggins and his son and daughter sued respondent for damages on account of the death of Scoggins’ wife and injury to Scoggins caused by a collision between Scoggins’ automobile and respondents’ truck which had been left standing during the night on a highway. The Court of Civil Appeals affirmed the trial court’s judgment rendered for respondents on the verdict of the jury,…