Smith v. CITY OF INDPLS., ETC.

Appellant instituted an action against the appellees in the trial court under §2-217, Burns’ 1946 Replacement, for damages in the amount of $50,000.00, for the death of appellant’s unemancipated twelve year old son.. Damages were allegedly caused by the appellees’ negligence which resulted in a collision between the front of decedent’s bicycle and the right side of a sanitation truck which the appellee, Boyd, was driving. Appellee, Boyd, was a sanitation truck driver for the City of Indianapolis and the appellant included as defendants the City of Indianapolis and its various sanitation…