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SMITH v. WELLS

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258 S.C. 316 (1972)

188 S.E.2d 470

Annie S. SMITH, Administratrix of the Estate of Ray E. Smith, Respondent-Appellant, v. James Robert WELLS and one 1964 Falcon, License No. D2194, Serial No. 4 H 160 153, Appellant-Respondent.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

May 3, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Kendall Few, Esq., of Burns, McDonald, Bradford, Erwin & Few, Greenwood, for the Appellant-Respondent.

Judson F. Ayers, Jr., Esq., of Watson & Ayers, Greenwood, for Respondent-Appellant.

J. Kendall Few, Esq., of Burns, McDonald, Bradford, Erwin, & Few, Greenwood, for the Appellant-Respondent, in Reply.

May 3, 1972.

LEWIS, Justice.

The sole question to be decided in this appeal is as follows: In an action brought for the benefit of the widow and children of a deceased, as statutory beneficiaries under the South Carolina wrongful death statute, is evidence of the remarriage of the widow admissible?

Ray E. Smith was killed when the motorcycle he was riding collided with an automobile driven by the defendant. He left surviving him his widow, twenty-four...

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