Adams v. Malik

The sole question for decision, in this appeal from a judgment of the Court of Common Pleas of Lorain County, is whether the administratrix of the estate of Andrew Nicho las Dusendong, deceased, can maintain an independent action for funeral expenses, incidental to the burial of the decedent, against an alleged tort-feasor whose conduct proximately caused decedent’s death.

We entertain the appeal on questions of law from an order sustaining a demurrer to the petition, on the authority of Schindler v. Standard Oil Co., 165 Ohio St., 76, 133 N. E. (2d), 336, 56 A. L. R. (2d), 1233. It seems…