Meeks v. Yancey

The three plaintiffs below, Mrs. Earl A. Meeks, Mrs. Pirley Byrum and Mrs. Ray B. Waldauer, appeal in error because of the inadequacy of jury verdicts returned in their favor against the defendant below, Ronald Yancey. The causes were consolidated and tried to the same jury resulting in verdicts of $750 in favor of Mrs. Meeks, $450 in favor of Mrs. Byrum, and $300 in favor of Mrs. Waldauer.

These cases arose out of an automobile accident which took place at the intersection of East Parkway and Broad Avenue in Memphis, Tennessee, on Friday afternoon, June 29,1956, about 2:00 P.M. It was raining…