Jackson's Administratrix v. Alexiou

Opinion op the 'Court by

Commissioner Sandidge

Affirming.

Coleman Craft was born February 28, 1924. His-mother died shortly thereafter. At the November term,. 1924, of the Boyd circuit court, this child was duly and legally adopted by Melvin and Ethel Jackson, and they were given parental control of him. On July 31, 1925, the child was run over and killed by an automobile driven by Nicholas Alexiou. The child’s father, David Craft, applied to the Boyd county court and was appointed and duly qualified as the administrator of the estate of the-child. In that capacity he negotiated a settlement…