Davis' Adm'x v. Gordon

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Latimer

Reversing.

Howard Davis, Jr., a colored boy just under 5 years of age, was struck and killed by a truck owned and operated by appellee, Will O. Cordon. Josie S. Davis, mother of the boy, qualified as administratrix of his estate and brought this action to recover damages for wrongful death.

The accident occurred late in the afternoon of the 4th of December, 1946. The mother, Josie S. Davis, being employed, left her children with her mother, Josephine Sweeny, with whom they all resided, at 906 West Oak Street. On the day of the accident, while the grandmother…