White v. Stanley

This action was brought to recover damages for wrongful death. The cause was tried to the court and a jury, and resulted in a verdict in favor of the plaintiff in the sum of $7,847. The defendant moved for judgment notwithstanding the verdict, and, in the alternative, for a new trial, both of which motions were overruled, and judgment was entered upon the verdict, from which he appeals.

The facts essential to be stated are these: The accident out of which the litigation arose happened April 5, 1931, at about the hour of nine o’clock p. m., on the Sunset highway, approximately seven miles east…