Hawkins, Admr. v. Rye

233 Miss. 132 (1958)

101 So.2d 516

HAWKINS, ADMR.

v.

RYE

No. 40665.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

March 24, 1958.

Cason Rankin, Tupelo; Brown & Elledge, Fulton, for appellant.

Mitchell & McNutt, Tupelo; W. Herman Camp, Fulton, for appellee.

HOLMES, J.

On the morning of June 14, 1956, at about 9:15 o'clock, the appellee, William H. Rye, accompanied by his wife, was driving his automobile south along the highway from his home in Fulton, Mississippi, to Nettleton, Mississippi. His automobile struck and ran over Roger Twain Hawkins, a child four and a half years of age, rendering him unconscious and…