Cotten v. Butler

This is a suit brought by Mrs. Mary Byrne Cotten for damages for the death of her husband, William A. Cotten, which, she alleges, resulted from an accident that occurred on December 21, 1947. The deceased was a man over 76 years of age, who died on March 10, 1948, the certificate of death, signed by his attending physician showing that he died of acute heart trouble, following trauma.

The demand is for the sum of $37,626.42, including medical, funeral and burial expenses. Upon trial in the lower court, the district judge awarded the plaintiff judgment in the sum of $6,000. Negligence causing…