Jordan v. Fowler

Nichols, Judge.

Mrs. Addie Cole Fowler sued Walter Jordan and Max Jordan to recover the full value of the life of Jerry Lawrence Fowler, the plaintiff’s son, who allegedly died as the result of injuries received when an automobile in which he was a guest passenger left the road and struck a tree. Walter Jordan, according to the allegations of the petition, owned the automobile as a “family-purpose” vehicle and at the time of the collision it was being driven by his sixteen-year-old son Max Jordan. When the case was tried the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff and the defendants filed a…