Purtle v. Shelton

I disagree with the majority in one important particular. That difference means that I would reverse the judgment. I feel that the instruction requested by appellant which would have held young Shelton to the degree of care of an adult should have been given instead of AMI 304.

It is admitted that Bubba Shelton was hunting deer in the woods at Quinn Deer Club when he fired the shot from his .30’06 rifle by which Jerry Purtle was wounded. He told the investigating officer that he was using soft-point core-lock ammunition with 180 (108?) grains of powder. In this same statement he said that the…