Carpenter v. Rhode Island Co.

These are actions of trespass on the case brought in each instance to recover damages for the alleged wrongful death of a minor child at the hands of the respective defendants. In the first action, Victor Carpenter and Annie Carpenter, his wife, sue as father and mother and as all the beneficiaries of Jennie B. Carpenter for her wrongful death, as aforesaid, on August 23, 1913, at the age of five years; and they allege that no administrator has been appointed on her estate. The writ is dated September 25, 1913. In this case the defendant demurred to the declaration in these words: “That it…