Messer v. Reid

These are actions for damages flowing from an automobile collision which occurred on the night of March 25, 1946, on Highway 70, outside the Memphis City Limits. In one suit Messer sued Mrs. Reid and her minor son, Donald Reid, for his own personal injuries and property damage, and in the second suit he sought damages from the same Defendants for the wrongful death of his wife who was killed in the collision. So explained, the two suits may be considered and decided together, as the principles of law involved are identical.

Demurrers to the declaration by Mrs. Wallace Reid were filed and…