Holcombe v. W.N. Watson Supply Co., Inc.

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Stabler.

On March 7, 1932, W. W. Holcombe, an elderly resident of Greenville, was struck and fatally injured by a motor-truck on one of the streets of the city. The plaintiff, his widow, as executrix of his estate, brought two actions against the defendant company; one under the death statute for the benefit of herself and the two children of the deceased, and the other under the survival act for the benefit of the estate. She alleged that on the morning oí March 7, her husband was walking north on the west sidewalk of Washington road in the…