Magnolia Petroleum Co. v. Saunders

Judgment for $31,000 was rendered by a Clark county jury in consequence of an accident which occurred in Little Rock, January 20, 1935. It was appellee’s theory, concurred in by the twelve men who found in his favor, that a duty rested upon appellant to furnish appellee a motorcycle free from defects and mechanical imperfections, to the end that he might escape, through acceleration of speed, from a tripartible traffic jam which threatened him in front and to the rear.

Appellee, 21 years of age, began working for appellant in 1932, and in November, 1934, was transferred to the station at Sixth…