Case ID: nc_221/html/0037-01.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "Per Ouriamc.", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

W. K. McLEAN, Administrator for the Estate of MACK RAMSEY, Deceased, v. T. N. RAMSEY.
    (Filed 25 February, 1942.)
    Death § 4—
    A complaint alleging a willful and felonious slaying states a cause of action for wrongful death, and a demurrer thereto on the ground that the complaint set up a purported action in negligence and failed to particularize with facts and circumstances supporting the general allegation of negligence, is properly overruled.
    Appeal by defendant from Qwyn, J., at Chambers, 21 November, 1941. From MadisoN.
    Affirmed.
    
      Jones, Ward & Jones and Calvin R. Edney for plaintiff, appellee.
    
    
      Roberts & Batey and J ohn H. McElroy for defendant, appellant.
    
   Per Ouriamc.

The demurrer was properly overruled and the judgment is

Affirmed.