Centennial Ice Co. v. Mitchell

This appeal is from a judgment of the circuit court, on a’verdict of the jury awarding the plaintiff damages for personal injuries, alleged to have been inflicted upon him as the proximate consequence of negligence on the part of the defendant’s-servant, while acting -within the line and scope of his employment, as the driver of defendant’s truck. The case was submitted té the jury on the first count of the complaint, and the defendant’s plea of not guilty, and. pleas of contributory negligence.

After the verdict for the plaintiff, the defendant made a motion for a new trial, grounding the…