Cook v. Latimer

GOODWYN, Justice.

Appellant brought suit against appellee to recover damages for personal injuries received in an automobile accident. The complaint, as it went to the jury, charged appellee’s intestate, Walter F. Latimer, Jr., with wantonness in operating the-automobile involved in the accident and alleged that appellant was a passenger in the automobile at the time of the accident. The defendant filed a plea of the general issue and also a plea of recoupment alleging plaintiff’s wantonness in operating the automobile at the time of the accident. There was a jury verdict, and judgment…