Harkrider v. Cox

Carleton Harris, Chief Justice.

This is the second appeal of this case. See Harkrider v. Cox, 230 Ark. 155, 321 S. W. 2d 226. The original judgment was reversed, and the cause remanded, because of an abstract instruction given. On re-trial, the jury returned a verdict in favor of appellee, Oma Lee Cox, for $8,000, and for the appellee, J. C. Cox, Jr., the sum of $625. From the judgment so entered, appellant brings this appeal.

A brief resume of the facts show that on November 16, 1957, Oma Lee Cox, a young lady sixteen years of age, was living a short distance from Curtis Junction in Clark…