McMillion v. Wilkinson

LOONEY, Justice.

On June 27, 1936, Robert, the five-year-old son of H. E. and Grace McMillion, was struck by an automobile driven by Harry Wilkinson, while the boy was playing with his sisters in a narrow street in the City of Dallas, sustaining injuries from which he died the same day.

This suit was instituted on July 6, 1936, against Wilkinson, to recover damages for the death of the little boy; Grace McMil-lion, the mother of Robert, having died intestate, Mr. McMillion filed an amended petition in his own behalf and as next friend for Letha Della and Lillie Mae, minor daughters of McMillion…