Oklahoma Tire & Supply v. Bass

Ed. F. McFaddin, Justice.

The appellants (defendants) prosecute this appeal from an order of the Circuit Court granting the appellees (plaintiffs) a new-trial (Ark. Stat. Ann. § 27-2101 [Repl. 1962] as amended by Act No. 547 of 1963).

Appellee Bass and appellee Taylor filed separate actions against the appellants, Oklahoma Tire & Supply Company and Doyle Watts, its employee. Each plaintiff claimed damages resulting from a traffic mishap alleged to have been occasioned by the negligence of Watts. Testimony offered by the plaintiffs was to the following-effect : Bass, in his Cadillac, and Taylor,…