Coppedge v. Blackburn

These two cases resulted from the same automobile accident, and were tried by the same jury and upon the same evidence, except as to the nature and extent of the respective injuries sued for. Por convenience the parties will be referred to as in the court below.

The declarations of the respective plaintiffs aver in substance, that Thomas N. Coppedge and his young son, Thomas N. Coppedge, Jr., were the guests of the defendant Blackburn in making a trip to the Beaver Dam Club in Mississippi on August 31, 1929, where the party intended to fish during the afternoon; that by the invitation of the…