Owens v. Acme Oil Company

DUNAGAN, Chief Justice.

Appellants, Howard F. Owens and his wife, Mrs. Marie Owens, plaintiffs below, brought this suit against appellees, Roy F. Calvert, individually, and the Acme Oil Company, a partnership comprised of Roy F. Calvert and F. A. Cotey, for injuries sustained by Mrs. Owens when appellee, Roy F. Calvert, backed his car into the front of an automobile driven by appellant, Mrs. Owens. Based upon jury findings that Mrs. Owens was guilty of certain acts of contributory negligence, judgment was entered for the appellees. Appellants appealed therefrom asserting what are commonly…