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AMERICAN BUS LINES, INC. v. MERRITT

No. 4-9968.

254 S.W.2d 963 (1953)

AMERICAN BUS LINES, Inc. et al. v. MERRITT.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

February 16, 1953.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wrape & Hernly, Memphis, Tenn, Rieves & Smith, West Memphis, Daggett & Daggett, Marianna, Chandler, Shepherd, Heiskell & Williams, Memphis, Tenn, and J. H. Spears, West Memphis, for appellants.

Matthews, Walsh & Thompson, Memphis, Tenn, Barrett, Wheatley, Smith & Deacon, Jonesboro, for appellee.

ROBINSON, Justice.

This appeal grows out of a lawsuit, in which appellee, Merritt, was awarded a judgment of $6,000 for property damage and $40,000 for personal injuries. Such damage and injuries resulted from a headon collision between a truck owned and operated by Merritt, and a truck owned by appellant, Dacus Lumber Company, and driven by its operator, Sam Slayton. The collision occurred when Slayton attempted to go around an American Bus Lines passenger coach...

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