Stallard v. Witherspoon

WADDILL, Commissioner.

A jury awarded Mrs. Harriet Wither-spoon damages in the sum of $2,500 for an injury she sustained as a result of the negligence of the driver of appellants’ taxicab. She also recovered $543.85 to reimburse her for payment of certain expenses incurred in the care and treatment of her injury. From a judgment entered accordingly, a reversal is sought by the driver and the owners of the cab on the following grounds: (1) The court erred in overruling their motion for continuance; (2) appellee, Mrs. Witherspoon, was guilty of contributory negligence as a matter of law; (3) the…