Berry Asphalt Company v. Kidd

■Smith, J.

Appellee recovered a judgment for $11,000 to compensate a personal injury, and its reversal is prayed, upon this appeal therefrom, on three grounds: (a) that the testimony is insufficient to support the verdict; (b) that the court erred in giving, over appellants’ objection, an instruction numbered 1; and (c) that the verdict is excessive.

The testimony may be summarized as follows: Appellee was 39 years of age at the time of his injury. He had at one time operated a blacksmith shop, in which an acetylene torch was used for welding purposes. He did woodwork only, and was not a…