Alabam Freight Lines v. Thevenot

STANFORD, Justice.

Plaintiff (appellee) brought this action against the defendants (appellants) in the Superior Court to recover for personal injuries and property damage resulting -from a collision caused by the negligence of the defendants.

Defendants admitted their liability leaving for the determination of the jury only the amount that plaintiff should recover.

The personal injuries resulted in a permanent partial disability of the plaintiff, who was then a man of the age of twenty-six years, having a wife and small daughter.

For thirty days immediately prior to the accident the net earnings…