Campbell v. Davis

SIMPSON, Justice.

This appeal is by the defendant from a jury’s verdict and a judgment thereon in favor of the plaintiff below, assessing damages for wrongful death in the amount of $10,000. The action was commenced by father, Leon Davis, for the death of his minor son pursuant to § 119, Title 7, Code of Ala. 1940, against the estate of the deceased, Charles M. Locke, driver of the automobile in which plaintiff’s intestate was killed.

The evidence tended to show the following: Three boys, Virgil Davis (appellee’s intestate), Ray Junior Henderson, and Bobby Barlow, were riding in an automobile…