Scally v. Flannery

This appeal is prosecuted to review a judgment for $5,500 which plaintiff, as administratrix of the estate of Edward M. Seally, deceased, recovered against defendant in the statutory action by the next of kin for causing the death of decedent. The complaint, consisting of a single count, charged general negligence.

The accident occurred on November 21, 1935, at about 6:30 P. M. on State street in East St. Louis. At that time defendant was driving his auto easterly on such street and the plaintiff, who was standing upon the north curb where the street is intersected by Thirteenth Street,…