Gray v. Columbia Terminals Co.

The plaintiff, widow of John Gray, deceased, brought this action under the wrongful death statutes, for damages, in the sum of ten thousand dollars, for the death of her husband who was run over and killed by a motor truck or tractor owned and operated by defendant, Columbia Terminals Company, a corporation, and driven by its employee, defendant Grimm. Plaintiff made several separate assignments of negligence in her petition but, abandoning all other charges of negligence, submitted her case solely on negligence under the humanitarian rule. Defendants' answers are general denials with pleas…