Meeks v. Appalachian Power Co.

FIELD, Chief Judge.

This is an action for wrongful death instituted by the plaintiff as administrator of his deceased infant son. The complaint is framed with much more particularity than required or ordinarily appropriate under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, rule 7 et seq., 28 U.S. C.A., and contains several allegations of negligence as well as financial and pecuniary loss as a result of the death of the plaintiff’s decedent. The complaint carries a demand for damages in the amount of $20,000. The case is. presently before the Court upon the defendant’s motion to dismiss as well as its…