BURLINGAME v. SOUTHWEST DRUG STORES OF MISS., INC.

No. 44486.

203 So.2d 74 (1967)

Paul J. BURLINGAME and Mrs. Paul J. (Violet T.) Burlingame, Individually, and as Father and Mother and Next Friend of James D. Burlingame, Laura J. Burlingame, Roger A. Burlingame, Elizabeth J. Burlingame and Paul T. Burlingame, their minor children v. SOUTHWEST DRUG STORES OF MISSISSIPPI, INC., and Charles E. Hill.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Suggestion of Error Overruled October 30, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alben N. Hopkins, Daniel, Coker & Horton, Jackson, for appellants.

Elizabeth Hulen, Watkins & Eager, Jackson, for appellees.


PATTERSON, Justice:

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Circuit Court of Hinds County in the sum of $5,000 against Southwest Drug Stores of Mississippi, Inc. and its employee, Charles E. Hill, for the wrongful death of Katherine Anne Burlingame, a twelve-year-old child.

The surviving brothers, sisters, mother and father, appeal from an order overruling their motion for a new trial on damages alone, and assign as error:

1. That the verdict was...

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