Armstrong v. Hickman County Highway Department

OPINION

TODD, Presiding Judge.

Mattie Ruth Armstrong was injured when struck by a wheel which disengaged from a Hickman County Highway Department vehicle operated by William Davis. Mrs. Armstrong and her husband, Oscar Armstrong, filed this suit for damages incident to her injuries. The Trial Judge, sitting without a jury, awarded judgments against Hickman County Highway Department and Hickman County in favor of Mrs. Armstrong for $50,000 and in favor of Mr. Armstrong for $5,000 and dismissed their suits against William Davis.

Plaintiffs have appealed and presented four issues, of which the…