Sloter v. Smith Motor Sales, Inc.

BARROW, Chief Justice.

This is a suit to recover for damages to appellants’ automobile sustained as a result of appellee’s alleged negligence in repairing said automobile. The trial court instructed the jury to return a verdict for appellee at the close of appellants’ testimony and entered a take-nothing judgment.

On September 13, 1965, appellants delivered their 1962 Chevy II Nova station wagon to appellee to replace the upper ball joints. Appellee took the car to Mr. Slo-ter’s office late that afternoon and he drove it home — a distance of about 8½ miles. The next morning Mrs. Sloter started…