Coats v. Hathorn

Fred R.Coats and Versa Coats, and R. E. Hathorn and Mrs. R. E. Hathorn were husbands and wives. Mr. and Mrs. Coats instituted separate actions in the court below to recover damages from Mr. and Mrs. Hathorn for personal injuries suffered by Mrs. Coats and for actual damages and loss of services of his wife suffered by Mr. Coats, both resulting from an accident in which an automobile driven by R, E. Hathorn struck Mrs. Coats and *259seriously injured her. The two cases were consolidated and tried together. Separate verdicts and judgments were rendered in favor of each plaintiff against R. E.…