Shelton v. Shelton

Mr. Special Justice Bobert S. Clement

delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case presents a controversy between the father and mother of their deceased child relative to damages recovered on account of the negligent death of the child.

The mother, complainant below, filed her hill in the Chancery Court of Polk County, seeking to recover one-half the proceeds received by the husband on account of said death. The father, defendant below, demurred to the bill, the substance of the demurrer being that by the decree of the Chancellor of Polk County, in 1942, complainant and defendant were divorced…