Howe v. Mohl

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Price, J.:

The question we have here pertains to the right of a widow and minor children of a deceased owner of a damaged automobile to bring an action in their individual capacities to recover for the damage done to the automobile in a collision alleged to have been caused by the negligence of one of the defendants.

On the evening of November 26, 1946, in the outskirts of the city of Russell, one Fowler, a resident of Russell county, while driving his own automobile, crashed into a truck owned and operated by defendant Mohl, which at the time was being…