Price v. Manistique Area Public Schools

Plaintiff brought action for wrongful death, MCLA 600.2922; MSA 27A.2922, arising when plaintiffs six-year-old son was struck by a vehicle driven by Frank Carpenter. Originally a party to this suit, Carpenter died before trial, and his wife, who as administratrix of his estate had been substituted as a party, successfully obtained an accelerated judgment on the grounds that she was served with process when she was no longer administratrix of the estate and that plaintiffs claim was filed more than three months after her husband’s estate had been closed. MCLA 701.19; MSA 27.3178(19), MCLA…