Roehrich v. Holt Motor Co.

Julius J. Olson, Justice.

Plaintiff prevailed in his action to recover damages under the death by wrongful act statute. Defendant Holt Motor Company moved in the alternative for judgment notwithstanding or, if that be denied, for a new trial. The court granted the motion for judgment, and plaintiff appeals.

The facts are not in substantial dispute and may be summarized thus: Defendant Kenneth Tapp was a 19-year old boy at the time the accident giving rise to this cause occurred. His parents had been divorced some ten years prior thereto, each later having remarried another. The mother lived at…