Coxwell v. Whatley

BLOODWORTH, Justice.

The question on this appeal is whether defendants are liable to plaintiffs for damages resulting from a collision of plaintiffs’ automobile with defendants’ cow on a public highway, not within a municipality or its police jurisdiction, when there is no evidence that the defendants knowingly or wilfully put or placed the cow upon the highway. We answer in the negative and affirm the trial court’s judgment for defendants.

A complaint filed by the plaintiffs alleges that plaintiff Marvin G. Coxwell was operating a motor vehicle with his wife Louise Coxwell as a passenger on…