Peveto v. Smith

Mr. Presiding Judge Harvey

delivered the opinion of the Commission of Appeals, Section A.

This suit was brought by the defendant in error, Mrs. Iva Smith, the mother of Olen Smith, to recover damages of the plaintiffs in error, Arias Peveto and H. B. Jackson, for personal injuries sustained by Olen on April 22, 1936, which resulted in his death five days later. It was alleged by Mrs. Smith, in her petition, that Peveto and Jackson were partners, composing the firm of “Peveto Mercantile Company” and that the injuries sustained by Olen proximately resulted from the negligence of Peveto in…