Gomillion v. FORSYTHE

Ride, Acting Associate Justice.

Willie Gomillion, a colored boy about 14 years of age, was killed on Monday, June 10, 1946, by reason of a fall from a Columbia Dairies milk truck. He did not die instantly, and was promptly taken to a hospital. However, he died before arrival there. At the time of the occurrence, which will for convenience be designated as an “accident” (without attempting to define that term), the decedent was riding in a milk truck driven by one J. R. Bell, who operated the same in connection with the sale and delivery of milk, a product in which the respondents dealt, and…