COLEMAN v. STITT

86-413.

514 So.2d 1007 (1987)

Kenneth W. COLEMAN, Administrator of the Estate of Belinda Faye Coleman, Deceased v. Brenda STITT, Administratrix of the Estate of Dr. Frank Stitt, Jr., Deceased.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

September 25, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Grover S. McLeod, Birmingham, for appellant.

W. Stancil Starnes and W. Hill Sewell of Starnes & Atchison, Birmingham, for appellee.


JONES, Justice.

This appeal challenges the trial court's order denying the motion of the deceased minor's mother for substitution as plaintiff. The defendant (appellee) contends that the mother of the deceased minor failed to meet the statutory requirement for substitution as the proper party plaintiff in this cause and, consequently, that the trial court did not err in denying her motion for substitution. Citing Code 1975, § 6-5-391, and Mattingly v. Cummings...

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