Pugh v. Yearout

James Lee Yearout, Administrator of the estate of his deceased wife, June Audrey Sayers Yearout, recovered a judgment in the court below against Steven Wayne Pugh for her unlawful death. We granted Pugh a writ of error limited to a consideration of an instruction granted by the trial court, and to the action of the court in ad mitting the testimony of a witness as to the value of the services of a substitute housewife and mother.

Mrs. Yearout, age 24, was survived by her husband, James Lee Yearout, and a daughter, Judy Lynn Yearout, age 4. The decedent earned.$ 1,625.79 between February 15,…