Peek v. Parker

McDONALD, Chief Justice.

Jessie C. Parker and his young son were killed in a collision of two trucks. Judgment was awarded on a jury verdict to J. B. Parker, individually and as next friend of William Baldwin, non compos mentis, and to Mrs. Pearl Strafello, as the surviving beneficiaries of the deceased persons.

Appellant Peek, the defendant below and the driver of one of the trucks, appeals, relying on three points of error.

J. B. Parker was the father of Jessie C. Parker. Under the first point of error it is claimed that the evidence did not show any pecuniary loss by J. B. Parker as a result…