Gunnoe v. West Virginia Poultry Co-Operative Ass'n

Kenna, Judge:

Nora Gunnoe, administratrix of the estate of Rush Gunnoe, a thirteen year old boy, brought this action of trespass on the ease for death by wrongful act in the circuit court of Raleigh County against Samuel D. Erdlen and West Virginia Poultry Co-Operative Association, a corporation. Judgment was rendered upon a verdict of the jury finding for the plaintiff against both defendants in the sum of $5,'000.00, and from that judgment, this writ of error is prosecuted.

Plaintiff’s decedent met his death on the 18th day of November, 1932, at Bolt in Raleigh County, by being run over by a…