Phelps v. Loustalet

Loustalet sued Phelps and Mayfield to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained as the result of a collision between an automobile, owned by Phelps, an automobile dealer, and driven by his employee, Kirby, and a car owned and driven by Mayfield. The jury returned a verdict in favor of plaintiff Loustalet and against Phelps for $8,134.00. To reverse the judgment entered thereon, Phelps prosecutes this writ, among other assignments contending that the court err’ed in denying his motion for a mistrial after testimony had been admitted regarding liability insurance.

Kirby…