Cory v. Troth

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Thiele, J.:

Plaintiffs appeal to this court from the ruling of the trial court sustaining a demurrer to a petition.

On June 14, 1948, the plaintiffs commenced an action to recover moneys from the defendants. Their amended petition contained two causes of action, only the first cause of action being involved in this appeal. It will be referred to hereafter as the petition.

For present purposes the allegations of the petition may be summarized. Plaintiffs alleged that they were the parents of Kenneth Carl Cory, who was killed in an airplane accident on June…