Mathies v. Kittrell

The plaintiff in his petition alleged that he was the administrator of his daughter’s estate and brought this action under the provisions of Title 12 O.S.1951 § 1051, for funeral expenses, injury to the person, property loss and punitive damages. He alleged in substance that in January of 1958, his daughter, Jeannie Mathies, deceased, was playing in the yard of her parents and that the defendant negligently drove her automobile onto the front lawn of the plaintiff’s residence at a high and dangerous rate of speed and struck the deceased child, crushing and mangling her body, and causing her…