Smith v. Turner

Mrs. Emily Ayres Starr, while riding as a gratuitous guest in a car operated by Mrs. Neville Irwin Smith, was killed in a collision between that car and another driven by a servant of Mrs. Mildred A. Turner. Howard W. Smith, Jr., administrator of the estate of Mrs. Starr, filed a notice of motion for judgment against Mrs. Turner and Mrs. Smith, jointly, seeking to recover damages for the alleged wrongful death of Mrs. Starr. The notice of motion contained two counts, each of which alleged gross negligence on the part of the two defendants and a joint and several liability on them. The *175counts…