Port City Lumber Co. v. Markell

This suit was brought by Marie-lee Markell, a minor, by her father, George Markell, as next friend, and by George Mar-kell, for himself and for his wife, Kate Mar-kell, against the Port City Lumber Company, to recover damages alleged to have been suffered by the plaintiffs as the result of the negligence of the defendant in causing a collision of one of its trucks and the .automobile in which Marielee Markell and Kate Mar-kell were riding. The defendant answered by a general demurrer, a general denial, and plea of contributory negligence on the part of the plaintiffs.

The cause was submitted…