Vogt v. Powers' Administratrix

MOREMEN, Judge.

This appeal is from a. ¡judgment of the Hancock Circuit Court awarding to. appel-lee, Edith Mae. Powers,- Administratrix, the sum of $12,000 for the death of .her,.intestate, Gilbert Powers, who was killed in an accident while riding in' an automobile which appellant, Henry Vogt, was driving.

The first question presented on this appeal is whether the Hancock Circuit Court had jurisdiction of the person and the' action. "

Henry Vogt and his wife formerly lived in Cannellton, Indiana. In November 1953, théy came to Hancock County to live'with his father-in-law. On January 4, 1954,…