Smith v. Jones

Mrs. Mollie Smith brought suit against T. B. Jones Jr. to recover damages for the full value of the life of Harmon Mills, her alleged foster son. Her petition as amended alleged substantially that Harmon Mills was orally given to her when he was three j^ears old by his mother, Queen Mills (now deceased), and that his father, Harmon Mills, was gone or dead at that time and has not been heard of since; that the plaintiff reared Harmon Mills, who had no other living relatives, until he was 23 years of age; that at the time of his death he was single, in good health, and was earning $100 per…