Powell v. Brosnahan

This is an action under the wrongful death statute. There was a verdict and judgment in favor of the plaintiff in the sum of $6500. Defendant has appealed

The facts show that plaintiff is the wife of James E. Powell, who met his death on the 7th day of November,. 1934, as a result of having been run into by an automobile which was being backed out of her private driveway by the defendant at her residence in Kansas City. No one saw the automobile strike deceased. What happened at the time was established, solely, by defendant’s personal testimony.

The driveway in question ran east and west. It…