Meek

Action by plaintiffs as husband and wife to recover damages for personal injuries to the'latter alleged to have been caused by the defendant’s negligence.

The trial resulted in a verdict for plaintiffs, pursuant to which judgment was entered in their favor for the sum of twenty-two thousand five hundred dollars, from which, and an order denying its motion for a new trial, defendant appeals.

The grounds upon which appellant seeks a reversal are: First, want of sufficient evidence to support the verdict; second, erroneous instructions given to the jury; third, that the verdict is excessive. In addition to a statement of the injuries suffered by Evalena Meek and for which compensation in damages is sought, it was alleged in the complaint that by reason thereof, J. F. Meek, had incurred liability and made expenditures in a large sum for medicines and surgical treatment rendered necessary on account of the injuries to his co-plaintiff, and that, due to the loss of her services caused by such injuries, he had sustained damages in the sum of twenty thousand dollars. Express authority for thus incorporating in one cause of action a statement of the damages sustained by the wife on…