McAmis v. Carlisle

This appeal is from a judgment based on a jury’s verdict in favor of the plaintiff, J. W. McAmis, for $500 as damages for the value of an alleged fine bird dog killed by being struck by a truck owned by the defendant, I. Y. Contract Truckers, Inc., of Mun-cie, Indiana, and driven by its employee and co-defendant, Albert Carlisle, also a resident of the State of Indiana.

The accident occurred on one of the main highways in Grainger County, on December 5, 1955, the plaintiff’s declaration alleging acts of common law negligence and reckless driving in violation of certain provisions of our State…