Adams v. Nelson

Opinion of the Court by

Commissioner Hobson

Reversing.

On February 29, 1924, Andrew Nelson brought this action against Oliver Adams to recover damages in the sum of $5,000.00 for injuries he received on 13th street in Ashland on February 19, 1924, when struck by a bus owned by Adams and operated by a driver he had employed. On December 10, 1924, no answer having been filed, the petition was taken for confessed; a jury was impanelled to assess the damages and they returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiff for $3,000.00. On December 12 Adams appeared and filed grounds for new trial. His motion…