Railway Express Agency Inc. v. Mathis

Clyde Mathis sued Railway Express Agency Inc. for damages for injuries to his person and property, alleged to have been caused by the defendant’s negligence. The jury found for the plaintiff, the defendant’s motion for a new trial was overruled, and the defendant excepted.

The following is only a brief summary of the facts as shown by the evidence, but the evidence will be dealt with in more detail in considering the grounds of the motion for a new trial: Clyde Mathis was driving his station wagon at 11:30 p.m. on March 9, 1949, proceeding eastward along the right side of Railroad Avenue in…