Jefferson v. King

On the night of November 9, 1928, Cleveland Jefferson, husband of Mrs. Joanna Jefferson and father of two minor children, was riding on a motortruck belonging to the defendant and driven by his chauffeur, Jim Shine, which truck collided with another truck parked on the side of the road, and, in the collision, Cleveland Jefferson sustained' injuries from which he died.

*250This suit was brought by the widow, individually, and in her capacity as tutrix of her minor children, to recover damages resulting from the death. As a cause of action, plaintiff alleges that the accident in which deceased was…