HARMON v. WOLFE

Civ. A. No. 1894.

253 F.Supp. 577 (1965)

Elizabeth Dobyns HARMON, Plaintiff, v. Steve James WOLFE, Defendant.

United States District Court E. D. Tennessee, Northeastern Division.

October 22, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hyder & Jenkins, Rogersville, Tenn., J. Mayes, Rogersville, Tenn., of counsel, for plaintiff.

Ben C. Davis, Edwin L. Treadway, Kingsport, Tenn., for defendant.


NEESE, District Judge.

This is a wrongful death action by the adoptive mother, and sole surviving parent, of a nine-year-old child, which was instituted in a state court and removed to this Court. 28 U.S.C. §§ 1332 and 1441, et seq. One of the defenses interposed is that the plaintiff is not a legal beneficiary of her adopted son, and a dismissal of this action is sought on that ground. It is stipulated that she was on the date of the accident, on the date...

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