Stanley v. Tomlin

This action was brought by the administrator of the estate of Bernice V. Tomlin to recover damages for the death of plaintiff’s intestate, alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the defendant.

There was a trial by a jury which resulted in a verdict for the plaintiff in the sum of $6,500. The court refused to set aside the verdict and entered judgment for the plaintiff, and it is this judgment we are now asked to review.

The facts in the case, as proven by the plaintiff, are as follows:

On the 30th day of September, 1923, the plaintiff’s, decedent, Bernice V. Tomlin, an infant nine…