Patterson v. Surpless

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Lloyd, J.

These actions were to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff through a collision with an automobile owned by the defendant Surpless and driven by the defendant Miller. The cases were tried together and resulted in verdicts in favor of the plaintiff against both defendants.

The defendants appeal and urge as grounds for reversal that the court should have declared a mistrial and that it should have directed verdicts in favor of the defendants.

It is contended that as to the defendant Surpless the evidence established that…