Carr v. Samuels

HARWOOD, Justice.

Suit below was by Roosevelt Samuels, a minor suing by Bennie Samuels, as next friend. The complaint was in one count and claimed damages for injuries allegedly suffered by Roosevelt Samuels while in the employment of the three named defendants, Hilda Carr, Richard Carr, and Rudolph Douglas Burke.

A jury trial resulted in a verdict in favor of the plaintiff against the three defendants, damages being assessed at $7,-500.00.

The defendants’ motion for a new trial was timely filed and overruled on 30 May 1967.

On 7 July 1967, the defendants filed a notice of appeal, and on that day…