HANCE v. HAUN


391 S.W.2d 621 (1965)

Sammy Branson HANCE, by next friend, George A. Hance, Plaintiff in Error, v. Dan Jackson HAUN, Defendant in Error.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

June 2, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hugh F. LaRue, III, Flynn & Flynn, Knoxville, for plaintiff in error.

Ray L. Jenkins, Knoxville, for defendant in error.


WHITE, Justice.

The trial court sustained a demurrer to the declaration and dismissed this case. From that action plaintiff in error is here contending that the court committed error.

The declaration charged that the defendant in error wrongfully and unlawfully caused the death of his wife, Doris Hance Haun, on December 15, 1962, by shooting her with a pistol. From the wound caused thereby, she died shortly.

From the declaration it appears that the...

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