Ellis v. Brown

77 So.2d 845 (1955)

Sam C. ELLIS and Robert Lee Ellis, as Co-Administrators of the Estate of Fannie Lee Ellis, deceased, Appellants,

v.

Edward Earl BROWN, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida. Special Division B.

February 9, 1955.

Rogers, Towers, Bailey & Jones, Taylor Jones, C.D. Towers, Jr., and Earle C. Moss, Jacksonville, for appellants.

John M. McNatt and Marion R. Shepard, Jacksonville, for appellee.

ROBERTS, Justice.

Fannie Lee Ellis was struck by an automobile driven by the defendant, appellee here, Edward Earl Brown, and died a few hours later on the same day. Thereafter, two suits were…