Main Street Transfer & Storage Co. v. Smith

The petitioners, B. C. Smith and S. C. Smith, plaintiffs in the circuit court, recovered damages for personal injuries. The judgments in their favor were reversed by the Court of Appeals, and their suits dismissed as on directed verdict. The cases are- before us by certiorari, heretofore granted on the petition of the Smiths.

The petitioners were injured when the automobile in which they were riding, owned by B. 0. Smith and operated by'S. C. Smith, crashed into the rear end of a large furniture truck or van, parked on the pavement of a concrete highway leading into the city of Chattanooga.…