JOHNSON v. J. E. MORRIS' ADMINISTRATRIX


282 S.W.2d 835 (1955)

Richard JOHNSON, Jr., acting by and through Charles G. Franklin, his guardian ad litem, Appellant, v. J. E. MORRIS' ADMINISTRATRIX, Juanita Morris, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

October 7, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles G. Franklin, Carroll S. Franklin, Madisonville, for appellant.

Neville Moore, Carroll Morrow, Madisonville, for appellee.


MILLIKEN, Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment of $7,500 for the negligent killing of James Edwin Morris by an automobile operated by the appellant, Richard Johnson, Jr. The determinative issue is whether the trial court acted properly in giving a last clear chance instruction.

On the night of Saturday, August 3, 1953, appellee's intestate, James Edwin Morris, in company with his wife who is the appellee, his...

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