Livingston ex rel. Livingston v. Fuel

Conley Byrd, Justice.

W. R. Livingston, as father and next friend of Matthew Livingston, a minor, and on behalf of himself individually, appeals from a $15,000 judgment in favor of appellee Harvey J. Fuel. This suit began as an action by Livingston in behalf of his son to recover the value of a horse Fuel had killed while driving his personal ear. Fuel, alleging that he collided with the horse while exercising his duties as Chief of Police, counterclaimed and cross complained against Livingston individually and in his capacity as next friend. The appellant, for reversal, relies upon the…