JAMES W. CHESHIRE, JR., v. VERNIE DEAN WRIGHT and H. J. CAPPS.
(Filed 13 January, 1956.)
Appeal by defendant Capps from Hubbard, Special Judge, at February Special Term, 1955, of ORANGE.
Civil action in tort tried upon the following issues, answered as indicated:
“1. Was the plaintiff injured and his automobile damaged by the negligence of the defendant, Yernie Dean Wright, as alleged in the complaint? Answer: Yes.
“2. Was the defendant Yernie Dean Wright, the agent or employee of the defendant, H. J. Capps, and as such acting within the scope of his employment and in furtherance of his principal’s business, as alleged in the complaint? Answer: Yes.
“3. Did the plaintiff, by his own negligence, contribute to his personal injury and property damage, as alleged in the defendant’s answer? Answer: No.
“4. In what amount, if any, is the plaintiff entitled to recover of the defendant, Vernie Dean Wright and the defendant, H. J. Capps, or either of them, for personal injury? Answer: $30,000.00.
“5. In what amount, if any, is the plaintiff entitled to recover of the defendant, Yernie Dean Wright and the defendant, H. J. Capps, or either of them for damages to his automobile? Answer: $1,869.10.
“6. Was the negligence of the defendant, Vernie Dean Wright, primary, and that of H. J. Capps, secondary? Answer: Yes.”
From judgment upon the verdict the defendant H. J. Capps appealed.
J. Q. LeGrand for plaintiff, appellee.
Cooper, Long, Latham & Cooper for defendant, appellant.