Legg. v. Jones

Lovins, Judge:

Carl H. Legg, as administrator of the estate of Ottie Legg, prosecutes this writ of error to a judgment in his favor for one thousand dollars, rendered by the Circuit Court of Fayette County on a verdict for that amount returned in an action to recover damages for the death of his decedent.

The verdict, found on disputed facts, determined defendant’s liability, and renders unnecessary a detailed factual statement. The deceased, a second year high school student sixteen years of age, was in good health, and his life expectancy was approximately forty-four years. In the early…