Ratcliff v. Murphy

This is an appeal from a jury verdict for the defendant, Jim Murphy, on his counterclaim, in an action brought in district court. The plaintiff,. Viola Ratcliff, commenced the action, seeking damages for injuries she received when the car, in which she was a passenger, struck two of a number of cattle being driven across a highway by the defendant. The driver of the car, John Ahern, also brought an action for damages, to which action the defendant counterclaimed for the loss of the two cattle. The two actions were consolidated for purposes of trial but on the first day of the trial John Ahern…