Hughey v. Lennox
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Crawford Circuit Court; James Cochran, Judge; 1. The verdict on the first count is wholly without legal testimony to sustain it and the burden was on appellee.
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Appeal from Crawford Circuit Court; James Cochran, Judge; 1. The verdict on the first count is wholly without legal testimony to sustain it and the burden was on appellee. The verdict was the result of passion or prejudice. .Conscious suffering for any length of time was not proven. 68 Ark. 1. 2. If the proof shows conscious pain and suffering the verdict is excessive. 3. The court erred in giving instruction No. 4 and in refusing appellant’s instruction No. 5. 69 Ark. 134; 82 Id. 499; 96 Id. 206. 4. The verdict on the second count is also excessive. 39 Ark. 491; 33 Id. 350; 80 Id. 454; lb.…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCulloch, C. J.
J. M. Hughey, one of the appellants in this case, ran down and killed Tressa Lennox, a little girl between three and four years of age, while driving an automobile along a public road in Crawford County. The car belonged to J. W. Hansel, the other appellant in the case, and Hughey was driving the car as Hansel’s agent. This is an action instituted by appellee as administrator of the estate of Tressa Lennox to recover on two causes of action; one for the benefit of the estate of the decedent, and the other for the benefit of the parents of said decedent.
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