Sammons v. Garner

SIMPSON, Justice.

This is a suit for damages filed by the appellant for the death of his minor son, and also appellant’s suit for damages resulting to him by virtue of the personal injury sustained by appellant’s wife on the same occasion.

The amended complaint contained 12 counts, nine relating to the death of the minor child and three relating to the personal injury sustained by appellant’s wife.

The appellees herein, defendants below, filed demurrers to these counts, containing some 136 grounds which were sustained. Appellants took a nonsuit and appealed.

The gravamen of the complaint is the…