Guillory v. Perkins

This is a suit by the father and mother of a six year old colored child, Annabel Guillory, who was injured when she fell or jumped off of a truck being driven by defendant, a white man, on September 5, 1940, seeking to recover damages in their own right in the sum of $500, and in behalf of their minor child in the sum of $2,000, resulting from the injuries sustained by the said child.

There was judgment dismissing plaintiffs' suit, and plaintiffs have appealed.

There is not a great deal of conflict as to the evidence in this case, and whatever it is, this difference is not so important.

The…