Buffa v. Baumgartner

Fox, Judge:

This is an action for wrongful death, tried before a jury in the Circuit Court of Fayette County, in which a verdict in favor of the defendants was returned and judgment entered thereon, after a motion to set aside said verdict had been overruled by the trial court. On September 6, 1949, we granted this writ of error to the judgment aforesaid

The defendant, G. A. Baumgartner, was the owner of an automobile, the use of which he permitted members of his family, including his son, Allen Baumgartner. The cause of action as against G. A. Baumgartner was based on the theory of the family…