Barrett v. Powers

Mrs. Cecil May Barrett died as a result of injuries sustained in a collision between her automobile and the automobile of the defendant. The administrator of the estate of the deceased instituted this action to recover for that death. The cause was tried to a jury, which returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiff. From the judgment entered, motions for judgment notwithstanding the verdict and for a new trial having been overruled, the defendant appealed.

About nine o’clock p. m., November 10, 1929, the appellant departed from Ellensburg in his Oakland sedan for Ms home in Thorp, which is…