SUMMERHILL v. SHANNON

No. 5-2808.

361 S.W.2d 271 (1962)

W. E. SUMMERHILL et al., Appellants, v. Phillip SHANNON, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

October 29, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dinning & Dinning, by W. G. Dinning, Sr., Helena, for appellants.

Eugene L. Schieffler, West Helena, for appellee.


GEORGE ROSE SMITH, Justice.

On April 24, 1961, the appellee's car was struck from behind by a car owned by the appellant and being driven by his sixteen-year-old son, Gary. The appellee brought this action to recover his property damage of $182.52, seeking to hold the elder Summerhill liable under the provisions of Act 495 of 1961. Ark.Stats.1947, § 75-315. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff in the full amount sued for.

Act 495, as it applies...

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