Wells, Inc. v. Shoemake

OPINION

By the Court,

Eather, C. J.:

This action was instituted by the respondents, Flora Marie Shoemake and John Alley Shoemake by Flora Marie Shoemake, his guardian ad litem, to recover damages for the death of Kenneth C. Shoemake, who was husband and father of the respective respondents and who, at the time of his death, was twenty-nine years of age. The death was alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the appellants.

The parties will be referred to as in the court below, and to better appreciate the contentions of both parties it is necessary that we briefly state the facts.

The…