Dale v. Sutton

George Rose Smith, Justice.

In 1977 Wanda Faye Sutton died as a result of injuries sustained in an automobile accident. She was survived by her second husband, the appellee, and by three minor daughters, two by her first husband and one by the appellee. The appellants, the deceased’s parents, were appointed as administrators of the estate. Their action for wrongful death, brought by them as personal representatives of the estate, was settled with probate court approval for a net amount of about @21,000, after the payment of costs and attorney’s fees.

The administrators then filed the present…