Staggers v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE JAMES T. HARRISON

delivered the Opinion of the Court.

This is an appeal by defendant, United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company, from a judgment entered in the district court of Madison County in favor of plaintiffs, Maurice R. Staggers and Hortense Johnson. Since the entry of the judgment Maurice R. Staggers has died; his estate has been probated in the state of Idaho and certified copy of the decree of distribution has been filed in this Court. The decree distributes all interest of the decedent in this cause of action to the surviving spouse, Hortense Johnson.

Plaintiffs…