Harris v. Crawley

The plaintiff recovered a judgment against defendant, Crawley, for injuries caused by a fall from a “carousal” or “merry-go-round” in operation at a fair. She was a girl in her teens, who lived with her father, a widower, and cared for the house. She was permitted to recover damages for medical attendance, and for ‘ ‘ damage in her daily avocation. ” We feel constraifaed *384to reverse the judgment for the latter reason, as the right to recover for her loss of ability to work during her minority belongs to her father, unless she has been emancipated, which did not appear. She should not have been…