Jackson v. Roddy

Plaintiff was a passenger guest of defendant in his automobile en route to Gadsden from Birmingham, Ala., when on the Gadsden highway, between Springville and Ashville, the car overturned, resulting in injuries to plaintiff, to recover damages for which she instituted this suit, and recovered a judgment for one cent. Her motion for a new trial was granted by the trial judge upon the ground of the inadequacy of the amount awarded, and, from the judgment sustaining said motion, defendant appeals.

Plaintiff is fifty-four years of age. As a result of the accident, she remained in a hospital six…