Dukes v. Dukes

Neill Bohlingek, Associate Justice.

Charles Allison Dukes, Jr. was killed in an automobile accident on December 28, 1954 and died intestate leaving as his sole heir a son, Charles Edward Dukes, who appears by his paternal grandmother, Ida Ethel Dukes, guardian, as appellant herein, and a wife, Victoria Dukes, who appears as the administratrix and appellee. The administratrix, as such, filed a suit in the Jackson Circuit Court against the party who is alleged to have caused the wrongful death of her husband.

After the filing of the suit, a settlement was effected whereby the administratrix was…