Wood v. Morrow

HUTCHESON, Circuit Judge.

Brought under the Mississippi death statute, 1 the suit was for $50,000 for the death through negligence of plaintiffs’ minor child. The proof shows that the father was 31 years of age, the mother 29, and that the child was a healthy lovable child, approximately three years old. It also amply supports the claim that her death was the result of defendants’ negligence. Upon this record, the trial judge, over the objection of plaintiffs, instructed the jury, “You could only consider the cold financial value in dollars and cents for the loss of companionship which might…