Huffman v. Gwinn

Litz, Judge:

The defendant complains of a judgment for $2,000.00 against him in favor of the plaintiff for the death of decedent, an infant nine years old, resulting from his being struck by a Ford automobile owned and driven over a public road in Greenbrier County by the defendant.

The errors assigned involve, among other rulings of the trial court, the granting of an instruction in behalf of the plaintiff which authorized the jury to take 'into considera tion as an element of damages the mental anguish and suffering of near relatives, caused by the death of decedent.

The judgment was entered…