Harkrider v. Cox

Ed. F. McFaddin, Associate Justice.

This appeal stems from a traffic mishap. Appellee, Oma Lee Cox, was the plaintiff1 below; and appellant, G. W. Hark-rider, was defendant. We will refer to the parties as they were styled in the Trial Court.

The Cox family and the Harkrider family were friends and neighbors. On Saturday morning, November 16, 1957 Mr. Harkrider was driving his pickup truck from Curtis Junction to Arkadelphia, where he worked. Miss Oma Lee Cox (17 years of age and the daughter of his neighbor, J. C. Cox) also worked in Arkadelphia; and Mr. Harkrider, seeing her waiting for a…