Landers v. Overaker

YOUNG, Justice.

This suit in the District Court was for personal injuries, by W. H. Landers against C. E. Overaker and wife, his mother, Mrs. Josephine Overaker, and sister, Miss Maude Overaker; the time and place being about seven o’clock in the evening of October IS, 1936, adjacent to Melrose Court, an apartment hotel situated on Cedar Springs Avenue, Dallas. On the trial, all defendants requested peremptory instructions when plaintiff rested, which were refused. Similar requests were urged at the close of the testimony, that of Miss Maude Overaker being granted, and a jury verdict was…