Gordon v. Cozart

SHANNON, Judge.

This appeal is from a verdict and judgment in favor of the appellee, who was the plaintiff below. The case arose out of an accident occurring on the night of November 21, 1956, in which the husband of the appellee, while crossing highway 17 on foot just south of the town of Mulberry, was struck by an automobile operated by appellant.

The injured man did not die immediately, and the initial action was filed May 6, 1957 in his name. When he did eventually succumb to these injuries on June 13, 1957, this case was amended to be in the name of his wife as administratrix, and…