Smith v. Spriggs

The plaintiff, in the Common Pleas Court of Scioto County, Ohio, sued the defendants, Earl Spriggs and Berkley A. Reed, seeking redress for the wrongful death of her decedent, Warren Everett Smith. • The trial resulted in a verdict against both • defendants for the sum of $20,000, upon which judgment was rendered on the 9th day of May, 1953. From that judgment the defendant Spriggs appeals to this court on questions of law.

The evidence discloses the following facts: On February 26, 1950, the defendant Reed was operating a tractor and trailer outfit in a southerly direction on U. S. route No.…