Leatherwood v. Roberts

HALE, Justice.

Appellants are the heirs at law of James Leatherwood, hereafter referred to as the deceased. On November 18, 1956, at about ■6:00 o’clock P.M., the deceased was involved in an automobile collision which resulted in his death approximately three hours later. The deceased was eighty-seven years of age at the time of his death, leaving a considerable number of children, the youngest being forty-nine years of age. At the time and place of the accident appel-lee was driving his automobile in a northerly direction along a hard-surfaced highway passing through the village of Lobe,…