Harper v. . Harper and Wickham v. . Harper

Three separate civil actions to recover damages resulting from an automobile wreck, consolidated for trial by consent.

On 22 October, 1943, plaintiff Clara C. Harper was the owner of a Pontiac automobile. On that day she and her husband and plaintiffs Phil S. Wickham and Mrs. Wickham started on a trip from the Harper home, near High Point, to Augusta, Ga., on Mrs. Harper's automobile. They spent the night in Augusta. The next day, about 5:00 p.m., after defendant had transacted some business, they started on the return trip. When about seventeen miles out of Augusta, just across the South…