Ideal Pure Milk Co. v. Whitaker

STANLEY, Commissioner.

Trucks of the appellants, L. D. Jennings and Ideal Pure Milk Company, collided in the hamlet of Sorgho in the afternoon of April 12, 1949, and as a result Jennings’ machine left the highway and struck the appellee, Ernest Whitaker, who was in a field close to the road. He suffered serious, permanent injuries. In his suit against both appellants the verdict was in his favor and against the company for $8,982 and against Jennings for $2,000.

While the briefs discuss other matters quite voluminously, the principal ground upon which a reversal of the judgment is sought is…