Lawry v. McKennie

This is an appeal from a judgment of involuntary nonsuit in an action to recover damages for death by wrongful act.

The sole question for our determination is whether the plaintiff produced substantial evidence of gross negligence on the part of the defendants.

The case grows out of a collision between a horse ridden by a sixteen-year old boy, Victor Christensen, and a Ford truck owned by the defendant F. H. Mc-Kennie and operated by the defendant Conrad D. Smith as the latter’s employe. Lillian Lawry, a twelve-year old girl, was a passenger on the truck, “riding as an invited guest” as the…