Baggett v. Allen

LAWSON, Justice.

Blanard B. Kendrick and his wife, Ruth Elizabeth Kendrick, were killed on the morning of October 23, 1958, when the automobile in which they were riding collided with an automobile driven by Larry Ray Sellers at the intersection of Eastern Valley Road and Reevestown Road, which intersection is located about 4.3 miles south of the city limits of Bessemer.

Archie Baggett, as the administrator of Ruth Elizabeth Kendrick, brought suit under the so-called homicide or wrongful death statute (§ 123, Title 7, Code 1940) against Nell Allen, as administratrix of the estate of Blanard B.…