Brent v. Heath

This is a suit to recover damages for personal injuries resulting from a motor vehicle collision. Brent, the appellant, brought the suit against Heath, the appellee. There was a jury verdict for Heath and Brent appealed. He assigns two errors which we will discuss later. There were, in fact, two collisions and it will be necessary to set out the essential facts as to both accidents in order to understand the issues involved.

About five o’clock in the afternoon of December 17, 1953, Luther Stanford was driving a Chevrolet automobile along Highway No. 51 about three miles north of Canton,…