Richards v. Eaves

LAWSON, Justice.

This suit was brought in the Circuit Court of Pike County by Mrs. Ruth Richards against Robert Howell Eaves, Jr., and Jerry Dean Richards. The plaintiff sued under the so-called homicide or wrongful death statute (§ 123, Title 7, Code 1940) as administratrix of the estate of her son, Chester Richards, who lost his life as the result of a collision between the car in which he was riding, being driven by the defendant Jerry Dean Richards, and a car being driven by the defendant Eaves.

The complaint contains two counts. Count One alleges that the death of plaintiff’s intestate was…