Mobile City Lines, Inc. v. Hardy

LAWSON, Justice.

This suit was brought by Edward L. Hardy, as administrator, under the homicide statute, § 123, Title 7, Code 1940, against Mobile City Lines, Inc., to recover damages for the alleged unlawful death of his son, James Wendell Hardy.

Plaintiff’s son lost his life as a result of a collision between a motorcycle upon which he was riding and a bus belonging to the defendant, which was being driven by its agent, Thomas Sawyer.

The case was submitted to the jury on one count charging simple negligence and on the plea of the general issue and four pleas of contributory negligence. There…