SHIVER v. SESSIONS


80 So.2d 905 (1955)

Robin Clyde SHIVER et al., Appellants, v. Lewis B. SESSIONS, as Administrator of the Estate of John Cabble Sessions, Sr., deceased, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida. Division A.

Rehearing Denied June 28, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A.K. Black and J.B. Hodges, Lake City, for appellants.

John E. Norris, Mayo, for appellee.


ROBERTS, Justice.

The plaintiffs are the four surviving minor children of Martha Dona Sessions, deceased, who was shot and killed by her husband (the children's stepfather), who then killed himself. The present action was instituted by them to recover against the estate of their stepfather under the Wrongful Death Act, Sections 768.01 and 768.02, Fla. Stat. 1953, F.S.A., for the damages sustained by them by reason of their...

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