Legal Opinion

Russell v. Coffman

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided March 9, 1964No. 5-3164PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Ed. F. McFaddin, Associate Justice.

This litigation results from a traffic mishap. Farris Coffman was plaintiff below and is appellee here. The defendants below and, appellants here are Carl Russell, Coleman Dairy Company, Virgil Bewley, and Jones Truck Line. Coffman was driving west on Highway No. 64 in his pickup truck. Russell was driving east in the Coleman Dairy truck, and behind the Coleman Dairy truck Bewley was driving east in the Jones Truck Line tractor-trailer. The Jones Truck Line vehicle struck the rear of the Coleman Dairy truck and then jackknifed across the center line of the…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Anderson v. SeropianCalifornia Supreme Court · 1905
  2. Evans v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1916
  3. Harper v. BoltonSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1962
  4. Rost v. Brooklyn Heights RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1896

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Reed v. McGibboneySupreme Court of Arkansas · 1967
  2. Reed v. McGibboneySupreme Court of Arkansas · 1967

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