Stipp v. Jenkins

Jim Johnson, Associate Justice.

This is a suit for double damages and attorneys ’ fees under the provisions of Ark. Stat. Ann. § 75-918 (Repl. 1957) on small property damage claims.

On September 4, 1963, an automobile driven by the wife of appellee Yester Jenkins collided with the rear of the car owned and driven by appellant Horace P. Stipp, who had pulled onto a slick highway ahead of her. Appellee filed suit on January 16, 1964, in Benton Circuit Court, alleging that appellee owned the car driven by his wife, that appellant’s negligence in failing to yield the right of way proximately caused…