RICHARDS v. HAMON


178 A.2d 140 (1962)

Amanda du Bree RICHARDS, Executrix of the Estate of Leonard Richards, Jr., and Leonard Richards, Inc., a corporation of the State of Delaware, Defendants, Appellants, v. Leona M. HAMON, Plaintiff, Appellee. Amanda du Bree RICHARDS, Executrix of the Estate of Leonard Richards, Jr., and Leonard Richards, Inc., a corporation of the State of Delaware, Defendants, Appellants, v. John SENTMAN, Jr., Alice D. Sentman, and John Sentman, III, an infant, and Kay Sentman, an infant, by John Sentman, Jr., their next friend, Plaintiffs, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

February 20, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Miller, Wilmington, for appellants.

David B. Coxe, Jr., Wilmington, for appellees.

SOUTHERLAND, Chief Justice, and WOLCOTT, Justice, and SHORT, Vice Chancellor, sitting.


SOUTHERLAND, Chief Justice.

The questions raised in this case are mainly procedural; but two of the rulings below require review.

On October 15, 1959, appellee Hamon filed a complaint against the executrix of the estate of Leonard Richards, Jr., seeking to recover damages for injuries suffered in an automobile accident in which Richards lost his life. On November 9, 1959, a similar complaint was filed against the...

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