McAdams v. Dallas Railway & Terminal Co.

This suit was brought by Frank McAdams for damages growing out of an accident to his wife, Jodie McAdams, while a passenger on one of respondent’s streetcars on October -28, 1944. At the time this suit was filed, on March 8, 1945, Frank McAdams and Jodie McAdams were husband and wife. Thereafter, on April 17, 1946, Jodie McAdams filed an application in the trial court to prosecute the suit in her own name, stating as a reason therefor that her husband, Frank McAdams, had deserted her and refused to prosecute the suit, either in her own name or jointly with her. This application was granted.

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