FOGO, ADMINISTRATRIX v. Steele

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Robb, J.:

This is an appeal by defendants below from an order of the trial court overruling the demurrer of defendant Florence Steele to the petition of the plaintiff, and from an order overruling a motion of defendant Harold Steele to quash the service of summons.

Florence and Harold Steele, mother and son respectively, will hereafter be referred to by their first names.

The action is what is commonly called a wrongful death action and was brought by the mother as administratrix of the estate of her seventeen months old deceased son for the benefit of…