Devore v. Longview Public Service Co.

Alleging that Rolla DeVore was struck by a bus of the defendant and sustained injuries resulting in his death, the administratrix of the decedent’s estate instituted this action to recover therefor. Defendant’s motions for a nonsuit and a directed verdict were denied, and the cause was submitted to a jury, which returned a verdict for five thousand dollars in favor of the plaintiff. From the judgment entered on the verdict, motions for judgment notwithstanding the verdict and for a new trial having been overruled, the defendant appealed.

About seven-thirty o’clock the morning of September 5,…