Tucker v. Gurley

This is the third' appearance of this case in this court, the two former appeals being reported in 170 Miss. 565, 155 So. 189, and 176 Miss. 708, 170 So. 230'.

The principal assigned error argued by appellants is the admission in evidence of the American Experience Table of Mortality. It is the general rule, sustained by a wealth of authority, that courts take judicial notice of standard mortality tables and make repeated use and application of the information therein contained. 1 Jones’ Com. on Evidence, p. 804. Such mortality tables are not conclusive upon the question of life expectancy in…