Bass v. Durand

Respondent Bass filed this suit against appellants to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained when a car driven by appellants collided with a delivery truck driven by respondent. There was a verdict and judgment in respondent's favor in the sum of $20,000, from which judgment appellants appealed. The conclusion reached by us renders unnecessary a statement of the facts on the merits.

Appellants briefed two points. We need consider only the first, which is, that the trial court erred in not declaring a mistrial while the trial was in progress when it was discovered…