Potter Title & Trust Co. v. Petcoff

Opinion by

Rhodes, J.,

This is an action in trespass brought by the plaintiff, as administrator of the estate of Clayton Murray, against the defendants to recover expenses of the last illness and burial of its decedent, whose death was caused by the alleged negligence of the defendants. The expenses sought to be recovered consist of physician’s fees for attending decedent during his last illness, hospital and nursing charges for care of decedent during his last illness, and funeral expenses.

Clayton Murray, the deceased, was struck by a truck which was owned by Nicholas Petcoff, one of the…