Acme Freight Lines, Inc. v. Blackmon

McCORD, Circuit Judge.

E. H. Blackmon and his wife, Mrs. Glenn Estes Blackmon, brought separate actions to recover damages for injuries received by them when the automobile in which they were riding along a highway in Georgia collided with the rear end of a parked truck belonging to Acme Freight Lines, Inc. The two cases were tried to a jury together, and after verdict, judgments were entered in favor of the Blackmons. The defendants, Acme Freight Lines, Inc., and its insurer, American Fidelity & Casualty Company, have appealed.

Acme Freight Lines, Inc., was engaged in Georgia in both…