L. H. Meeks v. W. M. Johnston and Willa May Johnston

WHITFIELD, J. -- In an action brought by L. H. Meeks against Wm. M. Johnston and Willa May Johnston, his wife, to recover damages for the death of the plaintiff's minor child as it alighted from a street car, resulting from an alleged negligent operation of the automobile by the defendant Willa May Johnston, her husband Wm. M. Johnston not being personally present at the time of the fatal injury, the court struck from the declaration allegations that the parents had ""suffered great mental pain and anguish,"" and after the testimony for both sides was adduced the court directed ""a verdict for the defendant on the law, not on the testimony in the case."" A writ of error was taken to a judgment for the defendant on the directed verdict.