Hutcherson v. Slate

Hatcher, Judge :

The above cases grew out of the same automobile accident and were by consent submitted to the same jury upon the same evidence. In each case the jury exonerated defendant Slate, but found a verdict against the defendant Appalachian Power Company.

The errors alleged here relate to the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the verdict, to the quantum of the recovery by plaintiff Willie Hutcherson, and to the giving and refusal •of instructions.

Mrs. Dorcas Hutcherson was killed and Willie Hutcherson injured in the wreck of an automobile owned by defendant Slate and driven by his…