WILLIAMS v. Hood

Appellants, plaintiffs below, the surviving widow and son of Wilson Williams, deceased, sued Junior Hood, appellee, defendant below, for the alleged wrongful death of the said Wilson Williams, deceased. Hood was charged with negligent operation of his Mercury automobile which was being driven north on Highway 45 when it ran into the rear of a pickup truck operated by Wilson Williams, deceased, at a point 75 feet north of the intersection of Highway 45 and the Oshurn-Wheeler Road. The jury returned a verdict for the defendant and plaintiffs appealed.

Highway 45 runs north and south and the…