Ford v. Markham

This is an action hy the appellee to recover double damages under the provisions of Act 283 of 1957, relating to small claims for property damage arising from motor vehicle collisions. Ark. Stats. 1947, §§ 75-918 to 75-920. At the time of the collision the plaintiff’s car was being driven by his wife as a bailee; so any negligence on her part was not imputable to him. Mullally v. Carvill, 234 Ark. 1041, 356 S. W. 2d 238. The trial court, sitting without a jury, found that the defendant had been “one or two percent” negligent and accordingly entered judgment in favor of the plaintiff for…