Self v. Kirkpatrick

This action was commenced by the appellee to recover for the death of a child four years old, who was struck and killed by an automobile. The father of the child,- as administrator of the estate, brought suit to recover for the benefit of the estate, in the sum of $400, and to recover in his own right, for loss of services and funeral expenses, in the sum of $2,600.

There was a jury trial and verdict and judgment for $2,600 for the father, and there was nothing awarded to the estate. The case is here on appeal.

On February 4,1935, the appellant, a traveling salesman, was driving from Texarkana,…