Mock Ex Rel. Estate of Mock v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad

Baker, Chief Justice.

This action for the alleged wrongful death of plaintiff-respondent’s intestate, Hoyt Leroy Mock, was commenced in October, 1951. In addition to the defendant-appellant, Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company, there were four individuals also named as defendants, but during the trial a verdict in favor of two of these individuals was directed, leaving, as the individual defendants, who are also appellants, B. R. Turner, the conductor, and C. A. Neely, the engineer, of the train that was in collision with the automobile in which respondent’s intestate was riding.

The complaint…