Thomas G. Barr and Emma Kate Richards Barr v. Morris Mizrahi and Abe Matut

The appellants, as plaintiffs in the lower court, sought damages by their amended complaint for personal injuries received when an automobile owned by plaintiff Kate Barr, and being driven by plaintiff Thomas G. Barr, was involved in an intersection collision with an automobile owned by defendant Abe Matut and being driven by defendant Morris Mizrahi. The defendants answered alleging that plaintiff drivers contributory negligence was the proximate cause of the accident. After a trial on the issues the jury found for the plaintiffs awarding them $4,278.58 in damages. The defendants moved to set aside the verdict and to enter judgment in accordance with their prior motion for directed verdict upon which the court had reserved its ruling. The defendants also filed a motion for a new trial on the same date.