Allen v. Melton

In the circuit court, Lillian Melton, a minor, suing by her father, A. E. Melton, as next friend, obtained the verdict of a jury and judgment thereon for $1,500, as damages, against Miss Katherine Allen and J. D. Lawrence, defendants below, and the defendants have brought the ease to this court, by separate appeals in error, seeking a review and reversal of said judgment.

The parties will be designated herein as plaintiff and defendants, respectively, as they appeared on the record below.

Plaintiff’s declaration as originally filed contained but one count, as follows:

“Plaintiff, Lillian Melton,…