ANDERSON v. ANDERSON


366 S.W.2d 755 (1963)

James ANDERSON, Administrator, et al., Appellants, v. Leroy ANDERSON, Senior, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

April 3, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. C. Rodgers, Memphis, for appellants.

Mary Guidi, Memphis, for appellee.


BURNETT, Chief Justice.

The question for decision in this case is whether or not a father, who has abandoned his minor child, and then the child is killed and damages awarded for this unlawful killing, is entitled to share in this money as one of the heirs of the deceased child.

The Chancellor sustained the demurrer holding that the father was entitled to share in the proceeds since he had not been divorced from the child's mother and no custody had been awarded...

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