Black v. Roberts

This case presents a controversy between tbe mother and father of their deceased child with respect to damages recovered on account of the negligent killing of the child. The chancellor decided the case in favor of the mother, and the father has appealed.

The complainant and the defendant were married in 1927. A child named Margaret C. Black was born to this union. In 1930 the parents were divorced and the custody of the child was awarded to the mother. The mother later married one Boberts.

In 1930 the child, Margaret C. Black, was killed by the negligent operation of a truck. The mother…