Maddox v. Bridal

This is an appeal, on the original record, by the plaintiff from a judgment in accord with a jury verdict for defendants. The parties here occupy the same relative positions as in the trial court, and we shall continue to refer to them as they appeared there.

The accident in which the deceased received the injuries resulting in his death was a collision between an automobile driven by one Willard K. Bennett, in which he was a guest-passenger, and a vehicle driven by one of the defendants. Prior to this action, plaintiff entered into a covenant not to sue Bennett, wherein she expressly reserved…