Middleton v. Humble

TALIAFERRO, Judge.

Defendant’s Ford coupé, while being operated by a colored man by the name of J. D. McIntosh, the evening of September 23, 1932, ran into and fatally injured William Lee Middleton, the 7 year old son of plaintiffs, in the village of Maugham, La. Plaintiffs, alleging that deceased was their son, instituted this suit against defendant, W. D. Humble alone to recover damages for the death of the son, and averred that said McIntosh, when the tragedy occurred, was in his employ; that he was then acting within the scope of the duties of his employment, and said car was being driven…