Griffin Lumber Co. v. Harper

LAWSON, Justice.

This is an action by Mrs. Myrtle Vines Harper, who sues as mother of Harvey Elwood Vines, Jr., deceased, her minor son, under the homicide statute, § 119, Title 7, Code of 1940, against Griffin Lumber Company, a partnership composed of O. A. Griffin and E. J. Staub, and against Griffin and Staub individually.

The case was submitted to the jury on plaintiff’s complaint consisting of one count charging that the death of her minor son was caused by a wanton wrong of an agent, servant or employee of defendants, while acting within the line and scope of his employment in the…