Acord v. Moore

GILLESPIE, Presiding Justice:

Eddie Moore and Sammie Lee Carouth-ers (plaintiffs) filed separate suits against Robert W. Acord, Quedell Conway, and Wallace Pulphus, in the Circuit Court of Chickasaw County for personal injuries sustained in an automobile accident. The *57two cases were consolidated for trial, and the jury returned separate verdicts of $5,-000 for Moore and $7,500 for Carouthers. Judgments were entered accordingly, and defendant Acord appealed to this Court where the cases have been consolidated for hearing. Conway and Pulphus did not appeal.

Plaintiffs were passengers in a…