Downs v. Powell

Candler, Justice.

Mrs. Helen Mize Powell instituted this litigation in Floyd Superior Court against J. A. Downs, Sr., Ada ■ Lee Downs, J. A. Downs, Jr., Ralph Downs, Doris D. Trotter, and H. L. Holland. She prayed for a judgment against J.-A. Downs, Sr., for $25,000 as damages she had sustained because of the death of her five-year-old daughter, which, as she alleged, resulted solely and directly from his negligence. The first 26 paragraphs of her petition as amended allege facts purporting to set out her cause of action for a money judgment against J. A. Downs, Sr., and those allegations are…