Johansen v. Gray

Plaintiff brought an action for the wrongful death of her husband. . She laid the venue in Orange County. Decedent was a passenger in an automobile operated by defendant Gray when it collided with an abutment of a bridge, maintained by the City of Newburgh, due to alleged negligence of defendant Gray and defendant Needes Express, Inc., in the operation of a car and truck respectively. She joined these three as parties defendant. They answered separately. No cross complaint was served by the defendant Needes Express, Inc., against codefendant Gray.

The defendant Needes Express, Inc., as…