Carter v. Nelms

Nadine Edwards Nelms, while riding as a passenger in a car driven by her husband, Charles Nelms, Jr., was injured when that car collided with another driven by Grace Carter. Mrs. Nelms filed a motion for judgment against Mrs. Carter to recover damages for her injuries. Pending the suit Mrs. Carter died of causes unrelated to the accident and her husband, Eugene Carter, as administrator, was substituted as party defendant. There was a trial before a jury which resulted in a verdict and judgment in favor of the plaintiff, Mrs. Nelms, against Mrs. Carter’s administrator for the sum of…