Scofield v. JW Jones Construction Company

328 P.2d 389 (1958)

64 N.M. 319

Harold E. SCOFIELD, Plaintiff-Appellee,

v.

J. W. JONES CONSTRUCTION COMPANY (N.S.L.), a corporation, Defendant-Appellant.

No. 6365.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

July 28, 1958.

Sherman & Hughes, Deming, for appellant.

Garland, Sanders & Martin, Las Cruces, for appellee.

McGHEE, Justice.

The plaintiff-appellee obtained a verdict for $30,000 on account of personal injuries and property damage as the result of an intersection collision between a car he was driving and a truck belonging to the defendant-appellant. Later a remittitur of $10,000 was filed after the trial court…