Ferguson v. Stevenson

CLAY, Commissioner.

This an unusual automobile accident case in which the trial court directed a verdict for the appellee. The propriety of this ruling is the issue on appeal.

The collision occurred between a Ford automobile driven by appellant W. L. Ferguson and a Buick automobile driven by appellee’s decedent, Carter Harrison. In the Ferguson car were the driver’s wife and Clara Johnson. The latter and Harrison were killed. As a result of the directed verdict, neither Ferguson, his wife, nor the administratrix of his guest’s estate was allowed recovery, and the jury awarded ap-pellee,…