McGOWAN v. ESTATE OF WRIGHT

No. 57424.

524 So.2d 308 (1988)

Lucille McGOWAN, Individually and on Behalf of the Wrongful Death Beneficiaries of John L. McGowan v. The ESTATE OF Ruby C. WRIGHT, Deceased, and A.J. Reese, as Administrator.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

As Modified on Denial of Rehearing April 20, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Polly J. Covington, Peter K. Smith, Ltd., Quitman, for appellant.

Thomas R. Jones, Bourdeaux & Jones, Meridian, for appellee.

Before ROY NOBLE LEE, C.J., and PRATHER and ZUCCARO, JJ.


ROY NOBLE LEE, Chief Justice, for the Court:

Lucille McGowan, widow of John L. McGowan, Deceased, and A.J. Reese, Administrator of the Estate of John L. McGowan, deceased intestate, filed suit against the Estate of Ruby C. Wright in the Circuit Court of Clarke County, Mississippi, for damages, actual and punitive, as a result of the wrongful death of McGowan. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiffs in the sum of nineteen hundred fifty-nine dollars fifty cents...

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