Bloodworth v. Jones

Reid, Chief Justice.

The Court of Appeals requested instruction from this Court upon the following question: “Where the death of the father of four minor children was caused by the alleged negligence of another, and after his death his surviving widow, the mother of said children, gave them to their grandmother, who has had the custody, control, and support of the children since that time, acting in loco parentis, and the widow and mother of the children has relinquished her control of said children, has waived all of her rights, and renounced all of her rights to compensation for the death of…