Hobbs v. Livesay

Mack Livesay brought this action against Glenn Curtis Hobbs and E. C. Hobbs to recover for personal injuries and property damages growing out of a collision of the Livesay and Hobbs automobiles. There was a verdict and judgment for $20,000.00 from which defendant has appealed.

The assignments are that (1) there is no material evidence of negligence in the operation of the Hobbs car, (2) plaintiff Livesay was guilty of proximate contributory negligence as a matter of law and (3) the verdict is excessive.

The collision occurred about dark at 6:00 o’clock P.M. on December 5, 1961, at the…