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Reed v. Shallcross
29 Del. 447
Del. Super. Ct.
1917
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Boyce, J.,

delivering the opinion of the court:

[1-3] This action survives to the personal representative of the deceased in right of the deceased. Rev. Code 1915, § 4155. Upon the substitution of the administrator of the deceased as party plaintiff, the name of Willard S. Reed, who'joined with the wife in the action, but was not a necessary party (Rev. Code 1915, § 3052), automatically dropped. The declaration cannot, either before or after the death of the wife, contain any statement of a cause of action, for which the husband alone might sue.

A recovery can only be had by the administrator in the right of Mary G. Reed, the deceased.

The demurrer is sustained.

Case Details

Case Name: Reed v. Shallcross
Court Name: Superior Court of Delaware
Date Published: Mar 21, 1917
Citation: 29 Del. 447
Docket Number: No. 142
Court Abbreviation: Del. Super. Ct.
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