Short v. Wells

The question presented by the appeal in this tort action — arising out of the impact that followed when an automobile skidded across a highway and struck a utility pole — is whether the trial court correctly held that there was insufficient evidence of negligence on the part of the driver to warrant submission of the case to the jury. We think the court erred.

The plaintiff-appellant is Myrtle Wells Short, as administratrix of the estate of Russell William Wells, the surviving widower of Nora Elizabeth Wells, deceased; as next friend of Thomas McFadden Wells and Ida Mae Wells, the minor…