SEYMOUR v. HAWKINS

No. 8065.

133 F.2d 15 (1942)

SEYMOUR v. HAWKINS.

United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided November 23, 1942.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Henry I. Quinn, of Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. Richard W. Galiher of Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. Charles E. Pledger, Jr., of Washington, D. C., with whom Messrs. Frank F. Nesbit and Justin L. Edgerton, both of Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before GRONER, C. J., and MILLER and EDGERTON, Associate Justices.


MILLER, Associate Justice.

John Paul Seymour was killed in an automobile accident in the District of Columbia on July 16, 1937. On July 15, 1938, hence within the statutory period fixed by the applicable statute,1 appellant, Seymour's mother, brought suit as administratrix of his estate against appellee Hawkins, a nonresident of the District, and another, for the wrongful death of her son. Between July 15, 1938, and May 23, 1940, five...

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