Lawrence v. Marks

CULLEN, Commissioner.

Leonard Gross and H. Halbert Leet were killed in a crash of Leet’s private airplane in Woodford County, Kentucky^ Ephraim K. Lawrence, Jr., an attorney of Louisville, having been appointed by the Woodford County Court as ancillary administrator of the estate of Leonard Gross, brought action in the circuit court of Fay-ette County (the county of Leet’s residence) against Leet’s executor, seeking damages for wrongful death. The circuit court entered summary judgment dismissing the action “because of improper party plaintiff.” There is no such ground for dismissing an action…