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SMITH v. STATE

280 S.W.2d 922 (1955)

Jack SMITH v. STATE of Tennessee.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

June 10, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George E. Westerberg, Cleveland, for plaintiff in error.

Nat Tipton, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.

BURNETT, Justice.

Jack Smith, a young man about 21 years of age, was indicted and convicted for involuntary manslaughter with his punishment fixed at not more than 2 years confinement in the penitentiary. This case presents another one of those unfortunate involuntary manslaughter cases growing out of the driving of an automobile.

On Christmas Day of 1954, Smith, while on the way to pick up his mother struck and...

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