Leggett v. Crossnoe

This is a tort action wherein the sustaining of the plea in abatement, on stipulated facts resulted in the dismissal of the suit and this appeal in error by the original plaintiff.

On July 17, 1958, Thomas N. Crossnoe, seventeen years of age, while driving an automobile belonging to Mrs. Billy Laman, who was not in the car, on a public highway in Crockett County, ran down, and killed, twelve year old Linda Carol Leggett. Her administrator instituted this suit in the Crockett County Circuit Court on November 7,1958 against Thomas N. Crossnoe, the driver, and Mrs. Billy Laman, the owner.…