Aronovitch v. Ayres

The plaintiff in the court below was injured when riding in the defendant’s truck. For injuries so suffered, he recovered a verdict in the sum of $20,607, but was required to remit $12,607 and to accept a judgment for $8,000 or else submit to a new trial. This judgment of $8,000 was accepted under protest and to that judgment the defendant has obtained a writ of error. Because of the remission required, plaintiff has assigned cross-error.

Aronovitch was a wholesale distributor of beer and a seller of soft drinks. In this distribution he operated trucks from Lynchburg to points in New York…