Continental Southern Lines, Inc. v. Lum

Clinton E. Lum and his wife, Kathleen Lum, brought separate suits against the Continental Southern Lines, Inc. for personal injuries, and the two suits were consolidated and tried jointly, resulting in a verdict in favor of Clinton E. Lum for the sum of $51,000, and a verdict in favor of Mrs. Kathleen Lum in the sum of $8,500. Continental Southern Lines, Inc. has appealed from this judgment. Mrs. Kathleen Lum has cross-appealed from the judgment rendered in her favor.

These suits arose out of an automobile accident which occurred on U. S. Highway 61 about four miles south of Port Gibson,…