GRAVES v. OYEWOO [1967] GLR 803-809

Practice and procedure—Capacity to sue—Fatal accidents—Action under Fatal Accidents Acts commenced and prosecuted by plaintiff in capacity as customary successor to deceased and next friend of dependants—Subsequent grant pendente lite of letters of administration to plaintiff—Validity of action — Whether plaintiff having capacity to sue—Proper persons entitled to sue under Fatal Accidents Acts — Fatal Accidents Acts, 1846-64 (9 & 10 Vict., c. 93 and 27 & 28 Vict., c. 95).

Negligence—Fatal accidents—Proof—Essential factors constituting proof—Fatal Accident Acts, 1846-1864.

