Kokesh v. Price
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Two actions in the district court for Hennepin county, one by the administrator of the estate of Anna Kokesh, deceased, to recover $7,500 for the death of his intestate, and the other in his individual capacity to recover $15,000 for loss of services of his wife. The facts are stated in the opinion. The case was tried before Steele, J., and a jury which in the case of the administrator returned a. verdict for $3,500, and in the other case a verdict in favor of defendant.
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Two actions in the district court for Hennepin county, one by the administrator of the estate of Anna Kokesh, deceased, to recover $7,500 for the death of his intestate, and the other in his individual capacity to recover $15,000 for loss of services of his wife. The facts are stated in the opinion. The case was tried before Steele, J., and a jury which in the case of the administrator returned a. verdict for $3,500, and in the other case a verdict in favor of defendant. From the order denying his motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial, defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtHallam, J.
James J. Kokesh, his wife, his daughter 19 and his son 17, started in the family automobile one Sunday afternoon in July to a nearby lake for a fishing trip. Kokesh was driving. His wife sat beside him. The son and daughter were in the back seat. In another automobile were some friends. The Kokesh automobile was going north. While rounding a corner at a country cross road to go to the left, that is, to the west, it collided with an automobile driven by defendant. Mrs. Kokesh was injured so that she died six days later.
Kokesh, as administrator of his wife’s estate, sued defendant for damages…
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