Patricia Thurnau, as Administratrix of the Estate of Philip George Thurnau, Deceased v. Alcoa Steamship Company, Inc.

Plaintiff’s decedent, Philip G. Thurnau, a third mate of the S.S. Alcoa Pegasus, died as the result of injuries •sustained while riding as a passenger in .an automobile driven by a fellow crewman, Wold;' Thurnau and his companion ■were returning from shore leave to their duties aboard ship .at .the time, of the accident. There was sufficient evidence from which a jury could find that Thurnau’s death was caused by the negligence of Wold in the operation of the car. The car had been rented and lent to Wold by a third member of the ship’s crew, Kossman.

The sole question on this appeal — even if…