Callahan v. Prewitt

This action was brought by Douglas Callahan, as administrator of the estate of Otto H. Doerfler, deceased, against Gather F. Prewitt, defendant, for death by alleged wrongful act, under section 30-809, Comp. St. 1929. The jury returned a verdict for the defendant, and plaintiff appeals.

The petition, which was filed January 13, 1940, alleged generally that on December 15, 1939, at about 10 o’clock p. m., Otto H. Doerfler was driving a Dodge automobile east towards Morrill, on highway No. 26 in Scotts Bluff county; that Gather F. Prewitt, defendant, was driving west in a V-8 truck, with…