Collins v. Smith

Mr. Judge Brewster,

of the Commission of Appeals, delivered the opinion for the Court.

Clarence Smith died about twenty six hours after being injured in a collision between two Ford “pick-ups,” one driven by himself and the other by George Edge, the agent of petitioner, Ed A. Collins. This is a suit by respondents, Roen I. Smith et al, the deceased’s eight brothers and sisters, as his next of kin and only surviving heirs, to recover damages for his conscious physical pain, expenses of his last sickness and burial, and damages to his truck. A jury verdict resulted in judgment for respondents for…