Ray v. Hutchison

This action-was instituted in the circuit court of Davidson county by Clarence Ray, a boy between four and five years of age, suing by his mother, Minnie Ray, as next friend, against Albert W. Hutchison, to recover $5,000 as damages for personal injuries suffered by the infant plaintiff as the result of alleged negligence of the defendant.

The case went to trial before a jury in the Second circuit court of Davidson county on the issues made by the defendant’s plea of not guilty to the plaintiff’s declaration, and, at the close of the plaintiff’s evidence in chief, the court, on motion of the…