Marshall, Adm'r v. Shaw

Thomas I. Marshall, administrator of Ada B. Marshall Strothers, instituted action for damages under § 8-633, Code of 1950, against Peggy Ann Shaw for the alleged negligent killing of his decedent. Trial was had before a jury and upon return of a verdict for defendant, judgment was entered accordingly, and the administrator appealed.

The parties litigant will be referred to as plaintiff and defendant in accordance with their positions in the trial court, and Ada B. Marshall Strothers will be called decedent.

On October 31, 1952, about 6:30 p.m. decedent, a pedestrian, was struck at the…