EPPES v. COVEY

No. D-42.

141 So.2d 747 (1962)

KATHERINE D. EPPES, APPELLANT, v. ALICE ROBBINS COVEY, APPELLEE.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied June 14, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mathews, Osborne & Ehrlich, Jacksonville, for appellant.

Howell, Kirby, Montgomery & Sands, Jacksonville, for appellee.


CARROLL, DONALD K., Chief Judge.

The defendant in an action for wrongful death has appealed from a final judgment entered by the Circuit Court for Duval County based upon a jury verdict for the plaintiff.

The principal question which we are required to answer on this appeal is whether the divorced mother of the deceased boy has a right of action under the Florida Death by Wrongful Death Act to recover damages for his death.

Section 768.03, Florida...

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