Cook v. Kendrick

After an intersection collision between tbe automobiles of plaintiff and defendant, plaintiff filed a negligence action for damages in tbe circuit court. Defendant answered and filed a counterclaim for damages, alleging plaintiff’s causal negligence. Tbe jury returned a verdict for plaintiff against defendant, and found no cause of action on defendant’s counterclaim. Various trial court rulings are tbe genesis of this appeal.

Before the circuit court action reached tbe trial stage, plaintiff and defendant were sued as codefendants in the common pleas court. Tbe complaint, alleging tbe…