Jones v. Northwestern Auto Supply Co.

This action was brought by plaintiff, as administratrix of the estate of Floyd Jones, deceased, to recover damages for the death of Floyd Jones, caused by the alleged wrongful acts of defendant and one Mrs. Jos. Russell. From a verdict and judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals.

The record discloses that on the afternoon of October 24, 1930, one W. M. Schwantz, in company with Floyd Jones, was traveling in an easterly direction along the Laurel-Billings highway, in a Ford automobile owned by the former. At a point approximately 1,600 feet east of Canyon Creek a car was parked on the extreme…