Olson v. Buskey

Youngdai-il, Justice.

Defendant appeals from an order denying his alternative motion for judgment or a new trial. Plaintiff, a passenger in an automobile owned by defendant and driven by his wife with his consent, brought an action for damages resulting from injuries sustained in an accident on March 30, 1943, when the automobile ran off the highway and struck a tree.

Plaintiff was riding in the front seat of the automobile, and defendant’s mother and three-year-old daughter were in the back seat. Mrs. Buskey, defendant’s wife, had driven from her farm home about nine miles from Mankato and, at…