ARCHIE v. YATES


325 S.W.2d 519 (1959)

James Robert ARCHIE by Next Friend, J.H. Archie, v. John Taft YATES

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

Rehearing Denied June 5, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Miles & Miles, Union City, Fred Roberson, Tiptonville, for petitioner-plaintiff in error.

Ewell & Ewell, M. Watkins Ewell, Dyersburg, William B. Black, Tiptonville, for respondent-defendant in error.


TOMLINSON, Justice.

The Court of Appeals approved the action of the Trial Judge in directing a verdict for the defendant in this tort action. Certiorari alleging error upon the part of the Court of Appeals in so doing was granted. The petitioner, James Robert Archie, is the original plaintiff, and the respondent, John Taft Yates, is the original defendant.

Archie and Yates were each about seventeen years of age at the time of the automobile traffic accident...

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