Title: S AND S CONSTRUCTION CO. v. Stacks

State: arkansas

Issuer: Arkansas Supreme Court

Document:

411 S.W.2d 508 (1967) S AND S CONSTRUCTION CO. and Marvin Sherman, Appellants, v. A. J. STACKS, Mrs. A. J. (Lela) Stacks and Dora Johnson, Appellees. No. 5-4116. Supreme Court of Arkansas. February 20, 1967. S. Hubert Mayes, Jr., Little Rock, for appellants. Felver A. Rowell, Jr., Morrilton, for appellees. *509 BYRD, Justice. Appellants, S and S Construction Company and Marvin Sherman, bring this appeal from a tort judgment in favor of the owner, driver and passengers of an automobile which was involved with appellants' 2010 John Deere tractor, equipped with a front end loader and back hoe attachment and being used in construction of a sewer near Highway 64 in the city of Plumerville, Conway County, Arkansas. Appellants rely upon two points only for reversal: The facts show that appellees, Mr. A. J. Stacks et al, were traveling west on Highway 64 in the city of Plumerville when they struck the front end loader scoop with the right side of their vehicle, and then struck a cotton trailer proceeding in the opposite direction. The driver and two passengers were in appellees' vehicle, and the operator and two witnesses for appellants were present at the time of the occurrence, all of whom testified as to the point of impact. Notwithstanding, appellees called the officer who arrived at the scene of the accident some twenty or thirty minutes later and asked him if he was able to determine the point of impact between the 2010 John Deere pay loader and the Stacks automobile. The state trooper testified that from the debris and the tire marks he was so able to determine the point of impact. Over the objection of appellants the trooper was permitted to testify as follows: We had a similar problem before us in Reed v. Humphreys, 237 Ark. 315, 373 S.W.2d 580 (1963). We there said: While the damages awarded appellees are a bit liberal, we need not review them here since the issue may not arise on a new trial. Reversed and remanded.