Hawes v. . Haynes

There were separate actions by the plaintiffs against the same defendants which were consolidated for the purpose of trial.

The plaintiffs allege that they were injured by the negligence of the driver of an automobile owned and maintained by the defendants as a “family purpose” car; that the automobile of the plaintiff, Mrs. Mattie II. Hawes, in which she was riding, was being operated by the plaintiff, John Robert Hawes, in a lawful and careful manner on Highway No. 60 about 26 miles west of Wilmington, and was run into by the automobile of the defendants while being operated in an unlawful…