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MEMPHIS STREET RAILWAY COMPANY v. COOPER

313 S.W.2d 444 (1958)

MEMPHIS STREET RAILWAY COMPANY v. Leroy COOPER and Thomas Cooper, Administrators of the Estate of Robert Cooper, Deceased.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

Rehearing Denied April 9, 1958.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Emmett W. Braden and Thomas R. Prewitt, Memphis, for petitioners.

William H. Douglas, Vincent W. Vorder Brugge, and Lucius E. Burch, Jr., Memphis, for respondents.

BURNETT, Justice.

A suit was originally brought by Rosie Lee Cooper, the then administratrix of the estate of Robert Cooper, deceased, against the Railway Company for negligently killing Robert Cooper. It was alleged in the declaration that Rosie Lee Cooper was the widow of Robert Cooper, deceased, and that the action was brought for the benefit of herself and their minor children. The case was tried to a jury on this theory, Rosie Lee Cooper stating that she was...

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