Sherley v. Lotz

Opinion by Chief Justice Edward W. Hudgins. *

It is alleged in the motion for judgment filed by Philip Lee Lotz as administrator upon the estate of Edgar H. Lusk, that the decedent died on or about November 15, 1953, as a result of personal injuries sustained on June 5, 1953, when an automobile in which he was riding as a guest was struck on the highway in Tennessee by an automobile owned and operated by Violet Sherley, the defendant. The court overruled defendant’s plea of the statute of limitations and entered judgment on the verdict of the jury for |8,000.00 for plaintiff. From that…