Citizens Finance Co. v. Walton

CAMMACK, Chief Justice.

This appeal is from a $500 judgment given Mae Walton for injuries received at the hands of Joe Hensley, an employee of the appellant corporation, Citizens Finance Company. Mae Walton’s husband was given a $250 judgment for medical expenses and loss of consortium. The two actions were tried together and will be so considered here.

The appellees’ son owed money to the Finance Company. Mrs. Walton agreed to collect money from Otis Jones, her son’s debtor, and pay it to the Finance Company on her son’s account. The appellant received information that Jones had made payment…