Wolfe v. Herndon

In 1959 there was a collision between a car owned by T. L. Jacobs and a motorcycle being ridden by McAllen Wolfe, a boy of fifteen. Jacobs died on April 11, 1960, from causes not attributed to the accident. On April 21 the appellee was appointed executrix of his will. Her statutory notice to creditors was first published on April 27. See Ark. Stats. 1947, § 62-2111.

On June 2, 1960, the executrix brought this action in the Benton circuit court against the boy and his parents, seeking to recover the damage to Jacobs’ car and damages for verbal abuse suffered by Jacobs at the scene of the…