Price v. Daugherty

George Rose Smith, Justice.

This is an action brought by the appellants, husband and wife, to recover damages for the wrongful death of their 19-year-old son, Troy Glyn Price. The appellees, defendants below, are Ray Daugherty, on whose farm young Price was working at the time of his accidental death, and W.T. Carter, whose welding shop made the stump grinder that was involved in the accident. In appealing from a verdict and judgment for the defendants the appellants contend primarily that the court erroneously instructed the jury.

The facts must be narrated in some detail. A stump grinder is…