McMorris Ex Rel. McMorris v. Graham

OTT, Judge.

Dempsey McMorris, plaintiff’s 11 year old son, had both bones of his left leg broken, and sustained other injuries on July 26, 1936, when defendant’s automobile struck the boy on St. Louis street in the city of Baton Rouge. The suit is for $5,000 damages on behalf of the boy, and for the sum of $166 medical, hospital, and drug bills incurred by plaintiff on account of said injury.

The case is here on an appeal by the plaintiff from a judgment rejecting his demands. The trial judge, in a carefully written and well-considered opinion, discussed and analyzed the facts, and reached .the…