Ferguson v. Harder

This action arises out of an automobile accident which occurred June 8, 1930, in the State of Virginia, resulting, as is alleged, in the death by negligence of plaintiff’s intestate who was then a resident of the State of West Virginia. Administration on the estate of deceased was taken out in the county where he was domiciled, and the letters thereof were issued to the plaintiff. The plaintiff contends in his brief, and the defendant does not dispute it, that the statutes of Virginia give a cause of action to the administrator of the estate of one who suffers death due to the negligence of…