Dr. Pepper Bottling Co. v. Gordy

Appellee, Gordy, sued the appellant, the Dr. Pepper Bottling Company, for damages for personal injuries sustained by him in a motortruck wreck. A substantial verdict was rendered by the jury, judgment thereon was entered by the court, motion for a new trial was overruled, and appeal is prosecuted here therefrom.

The declaration was in two counts, one sought a recovery from the appellant on the ground of the negligence of its servant, the driver, in the operation of the motortruck. This count was disposed of in the lower court by a peremptory instruction in favor of appellant after all the…