White v. Edwards Chevrolet Co.

Harry Lee White, a colored boy of six years, while riding on a wrecking truck owned by Edwards Chevrolet Company, Incorporated, and driven by its employee, John D. Davis, fell from the vehicle and was killed. Mazie White, the administratrix of the boy’s estate, sued the Edwards Company for damages for his alleged wrongful death. At the conclusion of all of the evidence the trial court being of opinion that the plaintiff had not made out a case struck the evidence, and a verdict and judgment for the defendant followed. The case is before us on a writ of error granted the administratrix.

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