Dodd v. Burkett

WALKER, Chief Justice.

On the 19th day of November, 1940, there was a collision in Polk county, on highway No. 59, between Gene Archer’s car, in which appellee, Levi Burkett, was riding, and Howard Dodd’s truck, driven for him by Lee Hopson. This suit was by appellee Burkett, by next friend, against appellants, Dodd and Hopson, the owner and the driver of the truck, for the damages suffered by him in the collision. On the verdict of the jury convicting appellants of the specific acts of negligence charged against them, as proximate causes of the collision, and finding in appellee’s favor on…