Moore v. Stephens

MERRILL, Justice.

Appellant, plaintiff below, sued appellee alleging a cause of action for wrongful death under Title 7, Sec. 123, Code 1940. Appellee filed a special plea setting up the statute of nonclaim, Title 61, Sec. 211, Code 1940. Issue was joined on this plea, and the judge gave the affirmative charge for the appellee. From the judgment rendered on the verdict pursuant to the charge, appellant has taken this appeal.

The facts out of which this litigation arose follow. Appellant’s intestate Anna D. Moore, deceased, was injured in an automobile accident on February 2, 1952 and died on…