Myers & Clark Company v. Layne

MOREMEN, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment which awarded appellee, May Layne, $11,359 as damages for injuries sustained by her when she was struck by an automobile driven by Ettley Hester, an employee of Myers & Clark Company, Inc.

Appellants urge as grounds for reversal that: (1) appellee’s own lack of care was the proximate cause of her injuries and appellants’ motion for a peremptory instruction should have been sustained; (2) the final argument of appellee’s counsel amounted to misconduct and entitled appellants to a new trial, and (3) a new trial should have been granted…