Roadway Express Inc. v. Jackson

Mrs. Ethel P. Jackson sued Roadway Express Inc., as a carrier of goods, wares and merchandise, and Fidelity and Casualty Company of New York, its insurer, for damages for the alleged negligent homicide of her' eight-year-old child. The plaintiff died after the filing of the suit and a written motion was-made to have Clarence E. Jackson, as temporary administrator on her estate, made a party plaintiff in the suit. The defendants demurred to the motion on the ground that the law did not allow a temporary administrator to be made a party in a case of this kind, the mother only having the right…