Carney and Mai v. Cook

This suit was instituted by the defendant in error to recover damages for the wrongful killing of her thirteen year old son, Thomas Nall Heard. The jury returned a verdict in her favor for $7500. The Court of Appeals reversed the judgment of the trial court, on account of an error in his charge, and remanded the case for a new trial.

Both the plaintiffs in error and the defendant in error filed petitions for writs of certiorari, which have been heretofore granted, and the case has been argued by counsel at the bar of this court.

The plaintiffs in error contend that there is no evidence to…