Good v. Tennessee Coach Co.

Plaintiff and his horse were struck by a bus, and he brought this action for damages. At the close of the evidence for plaintiff defendant’s motion for a directed verdict was overruled, and it offered no proof but stood on its motion. There was a verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $8,950 — $8,500 for the injuries to his person and $450 for the loss of his horse. Defendant appealed in error and insists that a verdict should have been directed for it.

The accident occurred about 8:30 A. M. March 15, 1946, at a point some eight miles east of Murfreesboro on the highway leading from…