George W. Butcher v. Mary R. Maffeo, as Administratrix With the Will Attached of the Estate of Royal S. Reed

DENMAN, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal from an order of the United States District Court for the District of Arizona dismissing appellant’s action against the appellee, the Arizona administratrix of the Estate of Royal S. Reed, to recover for personal injuries caused Butcher in Wyoming by Reed’s alleged negligence while driving an automobile in Wyoming. 1

The administratrix admits that Wyoming’s Compiled Statutes, § 3-402, creates a substantial right in Butcher to recover from the estate of a deceased person damages inflicted on Butcher by the deceased person prior to the latter’s death. In…