Schroerlucke v. McDaniel Funeral Home, Inc.

STEWART, Judge.

This action was initiated by one Maude Schroerlucke to recover $12,000 damages from appellee, defendant below, for injuries claimed to have been occasioned by the latter’s negligent act. Subsequently, she died from a cause unrelated to her injuries and her son, Howard Schroerlucke, who was substituted as plaintiff, now appeals from a summary judgment rendered by the lower court in appellee’s behalf.

At the time of the accident, October 18, 1952, appellee, a corporation engaged in the funeral business, was conducting a burial service for the original plaintiff’s husband at the…