Stotts v. Love

GRISSOM, Justice.

Sam Love was killed as the result of a collision between his truck, while being driven by his employee, J. L. Hawkins, and a truck owned by H. W. Stotts, driven by Stotts’ employee, J. M. Mince. The trial resulted in a jury verdict upon which the Court rendered judgment for the plaintiffs, Mrs. Lessie Love (for $4,255) and Herman Love (for $1,000), the wife and minor child, respectively, of the deceased, Sam Love. The defendant, H. W. Stotts, has appealed.

Appellant’s first point is that the court erred in refusing to define the term “new and independent cause,” used by the…