Baker v. Southern Cotton Oil Co.

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Bonham.

The respondent, Mrs. Esther Baker, is the mother of Edward Baker, who is a deaf mute of about eight years at the times with which this action is concerned. In September, 1929, she, as guardian ad litem of Edward Baker, brought this action, the object of which is to recover damages which it is alleged the infant Edward Baker suffered through the negligent, willful, and wanton acts of the defendants the Southern Cotton Oil Company and Jack Aldridge, its servant and employee, under the circumstances set out in the complaint. Only the…