Shea v. Pettee

The plaintiff, described as a minor, brings this action through her father as next friend to recover damages for personal injuries claimed to have been sustained when the automobile in which the plaintiff was riding as a passenger (owned by the defendant M. Gertrude Shea and operated by her agent the defendant Michael Pettee) collided with a tree. In a more specific statement, the plaintiff alleged that the defendant M. Gertrude Shea was the plaintiff’s mother. The defendant mother has demurred on the ground that the plaintiff cannot maintain this action against her parent.

If the plaintiff…