Wulferdinger

This action grew out of the same accident involved in the case of Robert O. Even v. Pickwick Stages System, ante, p. 636 [ 293 Pac. 700 ], an opinion in which has this day been filed. This plaintiff was a fellow-passenger with Even, and like him was injured in the accident, and brought this action to recover the damages he thereby sustained. This case was heard by the court without a jury and by stipulation was tried upon the same evidence upon which the Even case had been tried. The evidence in this case, however, as to the nature of the plaintiff’s injuries was different and appropriate to the facts in his case. The court awarded the plaintiff judgment for certain special damages and for $7,000 general damages. From this judgment this appeal was taken, the same questions being raised which were involved in the case of Even v. Pickwick Stages System, supra. The decision in this latter case disposed of all of these points except the contention that the verdict was excessive. This question will be given brief treatment.

The plaintiff before the accident was a piano salesman, who traveled about in his business, frequently going from door to door. In the accident he suffered a…