Pridgen v. Head

LAWSON, Justice.

On September 5, 1958, Mrs. Jewel Head filed suit in the Circuit Court of Coffee, County, Enterprise Division, against James Leslie Pridgen to recover damages for injuries which she sustained in a motor vehicle collision which occurred on or about November 8, 1957. She demanded a trial by jury

Mrs. Head’s complaint contained two counts. An unnumbered count, to which we will refer hereinafter as the first count, charged negligence. The second count in pertinent parts reads:

“Plaintiff claims of the defendant FIVE THOUSAND AND NO/10D DOLLARS ($5,000.00), damages for that heretofore…