THORNE v. ODOM

SC 2330.

349 So.2d 1126 (1977)

Buddy Larry THORNE v. Margaret Jo Lollar ODOM.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

September 9, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harvey S. Jackson, Jr., of Tweedy, Jackson & Beech, Jasper, for appellant.

Hugh D. Farris, Jasper, Charles E. Clark, Birmingham, for appellee.


BEATTY, Justice.

This is an appeal under Rule 5, ARCP from an interlocutory order of the Circuit Court of Walker County which held that by virtue of the desertion of the father, the plaintiff-mother of a deceased child was the proper party under Title 7, § 118, Alabama Code, to bring this action for wrongful death. We reverse and remand with directions.

The plaintiff, Margaret Lollar Odom, filed a complaint on May 5, 1976 under Title 7, §...

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