Mount v. Nichols

This is an appeal from an adverse judgment based on a jury’s verdict in an action brought by plaintiff in error against defendants in error to recover damages for personal injuries resulting from a collision between plaintiff’s automobile and a truck owned and operated by defendant I. A. Nichols, d/b/a Nichols Truck Lines.

Plaintiff charged defendant with negligence in the operation of the truck.

Defendant Nichols answered denying negligence on his part and alleged that plaintiff’s negligence was the sole cause of the collision. By cross-petition for damages to the truck, defendant Nichols…