ATLANTIC COAST LINE R. CO. v. FRENCH

6 Div. 540.

74 So.2d 266 (1954)

ATLANTIC COAST LINE R. CO. v. FRENCH.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied August 30, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Huey, Welch & Stone, Bessemer, for appellant.

Edw. L. Ball, Norman K. Brown, Bessemer, for appellee.


LAWSON, Justice.

This is a suit by a mother brought under the so-called homicide act, § 119, Title 7, Code 1940, to recover damages for the death of her eleven-year-old son.

The case was submitted to the jury on behalf of the plaintiff on Count A of the complaint, which count charged subsequent negligence, and on the defendant's plea of the general issue in short by consent.

There was jury verdict in favor of plaintiff in the amount of $6,000...

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