Riddle v. Barksdale

Plaintiff, George Lee Barksdale, was injured when an automobile that he was driving collided with the rear of a truck owned by defendant, Guy P. Riddle, and operated by his agent and employee, James L. Walden. When the accident occurred, plaintiff was only eighteen years old, bnt within ninety days thereafter he instituted this action in his own name and recovered a verdict of $2,000. The verdict was rendered on July 25, 1951, when plaintiff was twenty years old, and from the judgment entered against Riddle on that day, we granted him an appeal.

Defendant’s first contention requires that the…