Brackett v. Builders Lumber Co.

Mr. Presiding Justice Niehaus

delivered the opinion of the court.

In this case the appellee, Mark' Brackett, as administrator of the estate of Cora Grace Brackett, deceased, brought suit for the benefit of the next of kin of the deceased, to recover damages claimed to have been sustained by them in the death of the deceased which is alleged to have occurred through the negligence of a servant of the appellant, The Builders Lumber Company of Decatur, Illinois. The declaration avers that on the 19th day of October, 1927, a truck, under the control and management of appellant’s driver, was…