Hooper by Guardian v. Hutto

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Carter.

The plaintiff, Raymond Hooper, an infant under the age of 14 years, by O. R. Hooper, as guardian ad litem, commenced this action against the defendant, P. M. Plutto, in the Court of Common-Pleas for Anderson County, September 3, 1930, for recovery of damages, actual and punitive, in the sum of $5,000.00 on account of personal injuries alleged to have sustained by the plaintiff as a result of being negligently and recklessly struck and run over by an automobile truck driven by Albert Thompson, an alleged employee of the defendant,…