James E. King v. James E. Jackson

LAWSON, Justice. Around 5 o'clock on the afternoon of June 22, 1954, James E. King, Jr., a little boy four years of age, while
crossing a public street in the city of Birmingham came in collision with a motor vehicle driven by James E. Jackson, Jr.,
and as a consequence 'Jimmy' King received rather serious injuries. The boy and his father each brought suit against Jackson. The boy sued by his father and next friend claiming damages for
personal injuries. The father, James E. King, Sr., claimed damages for loss of services of his minor son and expenses incident
to the treatment of his injuries. Both complaints charged the defendant with negligence. In both cases the defendant pleaded
the general issue in short by consent in the usual form. The two cases were consolidated and tried together under the statute
which authorizes circuit courts in counties of 300,000 or more population to consolidate pending cases of like nature.
221, Title 7, Code 1940.