Marler v. Pinkston

STORCKMAN, Judge.

Plaintiffs, who are husband and wife, brought this action for damages for the alleged wrongful death of their minor son, William Dale Marler. The amount sued for was $15,000. Trial of the cause resulted in a verdict for the defendant and, after an unavailing motion for new trial, the plaintiffs appealed.

Shortly after 9:00 o’clock on the night of September 12, 1953, William Dale Marler and Stewart Franklin Ray field, 19 and 14 years of age respectively, were riding as passengers in a 1946 Ford automobile owned and operated by Billy Ray McGrael, age 18. They were traveling east…