Sweeney v. Moreland Brothers Co

This suit was brought by Charles Sweeney as guardian of John Gavigan, a mentally incompetent person, to recover damages for injuries received by Gavigan when he was struck by a motor truck belonging to the defendant, the injuries having been caused, it is alleged, by the negligence of defendant’s driver. The defendant owns and operates an oil station in the city of Hillsdale. Sweeney operates a farm close by the city. Gavigan was employed by him as a farm laborer. At the time of the accident, late in the afternoon of November 18, 1921, Gavigan was leading a cow along the highway towards…