DURHAM, A MINOR, ETC. v. DURHAM

No. 39967.

227 Miss. 76 (1956)

85 So.2d 807

DURHAM, A MINOR, ETC. v. DURHAM

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

March 5, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roberson, Luckett & Roberson, Clarksdale, for appellant.

Brewer & Brewer, Clarksdale, for appellee.


GILLESPIE, J.

The plaintiff, an unemancipated minor, sued her father under the wrongful death statute (Section 1453, Code of 1942) for the wrongful death of plaintiff's mother, the wife of defendant. The death was the result of defendant's simple negligence in the operation of an automobile. Plaintiff and defendant were the sole survivors of the deceased. The lower court sustained a demurrer to the declaration, and plaintiff...

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