Hunt v. Authier

This is an appeal by the plaintiffs from a judgment dismissing their action after the defendant’s demurrer thereto had been sustained (Code Civ. Proe., § 581, subd. 3). The plaintiffs stood upon their complaint as stating a cause of action. The complaint alleges the following facts:

In December, 1943, Ephrem Mounsey killed Dr. Verne C. Hunt by deliberately shooting him with a revolver. Mounsey thereafter took his own life. Surviving Dr. Hunt were the plaintiffs, who are his widow and three minor children. They filed a claim against Mounsey’s estate for $150,000 for waste and destruction of…