Blue's Truck Line Inc. v. Harwell

Eugene Harwell brought suit against Blue’s Truck Line Incorporated to recover damages for the homicide of his wife who tvas killed while riding in an automobile driven by another which ran into the defendant’s truck, it being alleged that the homicide was caused by various acts of negligence of the defendant with respect to the operation of its truck on a public highway. The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff in the sum of $35,000. The defendant made a motion for new trial on various grounds. Before the court passed on the motion, the plaintiff, voluntarily and without any suggestion from…