SOUTHERN RAILWAY CO. v. JARVIS

6 Div. 863.

97 So.2d 549 (1957)

SOUTHERN RAILWAY CO. et al. v. Troy L. JARVIS.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

October 24, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cabaniss & Johnston, Leigh M. Clark and Drayton T. Scott, Birmingham, for appellants.

Parsons, Wheeler & Rose and Luther Patrick, Birmingham, for appellee.


LIVINGSTON, Chief Justice.

This is a wrongful death action under Tit. 7, § 119, Code of Alabama 1940, by Troy L. Jarvis for the death of his minor son, Billy Jarvis, against Southern Railway Co. and Morrison O. Allen. From a judgment for plaintiff for $16,500, the defendants appeal.

The evidence presented in the case tends to show the following:

The collision involved in this law suit occurred on April 17, 1953, at approximately 5:55 p.m., on...

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