Peabody v. Marlboro Implement Co.

MARTIN, Chief Justice.

Appeals from judgments upon directed verdicts for the defendant in two related actions for damages for pei'sonal injuries arising from an automobile accident. The appellants are husband and wife and were plaintiffs below; their respective cases were consolidated for trial.

In the fust case, Mrs. Peabody sued the Marlboro Implement Company, a corporation, alleging that one Howard I. Beall, while acting as agent and employee of the defendant, did operate an automobile belonging to defendant upon the streets of the city of Washington, D. C., and then and there carelessly and…