Turpin v. Scrivner

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Thomas

Reversing.

Appellee, and plaintiff below, Roy Scrivner, as administrator of tbe estate of bis son, James William Scrivner, recovered a judgment in tbe Estill circuit court against appellant and defendant below, Ora Turpin, in the amount of $7,000. The action is based upon alleged negligence of defendant in operating a small truck on state highway No. 52 between Richmond and Irvine, Kentucky, on October 16, 1942, between 5 and 6 o’clock p. m. whereby an automobile in which plaintiff’s decedent was riding and approaching from the rear, collided with defendant’s…