Squires v. Henderson

Mr. Associate Justice Oxner

delivered the Opinion of the Court.

Alton Squires died as a result of injuries received about 4 a. m. on August 4, 1944, while riding as a paying passenger in a taxicab owned by appellant and operated by one of his employees. This action was brought under the provisions of Sections 411 and 412 of the Code of 1942, familiarly known as Lord Campbell’s Act, by the administratrix of his estate, for the benefit of his widow and four children, to recover damages for alleged wrongful death. The trial resulted in a verdict and judgment in favor of respondent for $11,250.00…