EDWARDS, ADM'X v. Jackson

The plaintiff, Marian W. Edwards, administratrix of the estate of Nathan Lewis Edwards, deceased, filed a motion for judgment against the defendants, Juanita Brown Jackson and Elmer Louis Hayton. In the motion for judgment, the plaintiff sought recovery of damages “for personal injuries suffered by her decedent” in an automobile accident “occasioned by the negligence of the defendants.”

In an amended motion for judgment, the plaintiff alleged that the death of her decedent “was not occasioned by the acts of the defendants herein complained of.” The defendants filed grounds of defense, and the…