Stubbs v. Boone

The plaintiff, Stubbs, seeks recovery of damages for the death of his minor son Robert, claimed as the result of the alleged negligent driving of an automobile belonging to the defendants, Boone and wife. Defendants, Boone and wife, and their son Daniel Jr., the driver of their car, by their answer, denied negligence on their part, and alleged negligence on the part of plaintiff’s deceased son Robert as the proximate cause of his injury and death. The evidence produced upon the trial, as the trial court ruled, called for the application of the doctrine of the last clear chance, and the jury…