Standridge v. Godsey

Me. Chiee Justice Neil

delivered the opinion of the Court.

The plaintiff in error brought suit in the circuit court of Monroe County for damages for the negligent killing of his minor son. Young Standridge, age 17, was killed by a truck that was owned by the defendant, J. M. God-sey, and driven by his codefendant, Melton, on November 26,1947. He and another young man, Howard McDaniel, were walking along highway No. 11, on the right side, and in a westerly direction from Sweetwater. They had entered upon a concrete bridge, which was 20 feet wide *525and 145 feet long, when the truck of the…