Wilson-Harris, Adm'x v. Southwest Telephone Co.

This is an action for wrongful death. The questions presented are (1) whether a judgment obtained by an administrator for the benefit of the next of kin in an action where he alleged that deceased was single bars a subsequent action by a successor administrator for the benefit of one proven to be the widow, and (2) whether an attack on a judgment is barred by a former final order denying a motion to vacate the judgment.

Eli D. Harris was accidentally killed on August 26, 1935. Immediately thereafter M. L. Harris, his brother, applied for and obtained letters of administration upon his estate,…