Hotels El Rancho, Inc. v. Pray

OPINION

By the Court,

Horsey, J.:

For convenience, throughout this opinion the appellants will be referred to as defendants, and the respondent as plaintiff.

The above-entitled action was commenced February 7, 1946, by Nevada Pray, the plaintiff, against the above-named defendants, to recover damages for the death, by the alleged wrongful neglect of the defendants, of Carl Elvis Bales, the son of plaintiff and of one Orville D. Bales.

It is alleged in the complaint that the said Carl Elvis Bales was born February 29, 1932, in the city of Gary, Indiana, being of the age of about 16 years and 9…