Travelers Insurance v. E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co.

Rodney, J.,

delivering the opinion of the Court:

As the sarnie question is presented by the demurrers in all three cases, they will be considered together.

In the present cases, arising upon demurrers to the declarations, we shall assume those facts which the declarations disclosed:

1. That the death of Lewis W. Handy was caused by the negligence of the third person tort feasor.

2. That the widow of Lewis W. Handy survived him but had been separated from him for some twenty-one years, and was not dependent upon him for support.

3. That the mother of the deceased also survived him and was dependent…