Joyner v. Williams

Plaintiffs, the mother and father of Harvey Leottis Joyner, age sixteen, sued Lawrence E. Williams and The National Mutual Casualty Company of Tulsa, Oklahoma, the carrier of public liability insurance on his automobile involved herein, to recover damages because of the minor's death on May 3, 1947, allegedly occurring from the negligence and negligent acts of the said Williams.

The facts of the case, excepting some non-essential details, are not seriously in dispute. Williams, accompanied by a young man named Willie Lee, was traveling westerly in his Hudson sedan on highway No. 11, in West…