Becker v. Brummel

Plaintiffs brought suit against defendants to recover damages for personal injuries claimed to have been sustained by them on account of the negligence of one of defendants’ employees in driving an automobile. The case went to trial before a jury and at the close of plaintiffs’ evidence the court directed a verdict for defendants and plaintiffs appeal.

The record discloses that on Sunday afternoon, November 19, 1939, plaintiff, Dave Becker, was driving a new truck easterly on Ogden avenue, near Naperville, Illinois. His wife and children, the other plaintiffs, were with him in the "truck.…