Hinton ex rel. Hinton v. Delcher Bros. Moving & Storage Co.

This was a suit for damages for the death of a seven months’ old illegitimate child. The death resulted from a collision between a truck owned by Delcher, driven by Mease, and an automobile in which the child was riding, driven by Schaffer. It happened about two miles west of Artesia, Mississippi. Schaffer started into Highway 45. He stopped, but where he stopped his view to the north, from which direction Delcher’s truck was coming, was obstructed. He drove into the highway, and testified that when he saw the truck it was about fifty or sixty yards north. Schaffer was entering from the west…