Schmutzler v. Brandenberg

The following opinion was filed January 13, 1942:

Wickhem, J.

The sole question here is whether upon the record the jury was bound to find some pecuniary loss to plaintiff. It will therefore be necessary to' review the facts.

William Schmutzler was killed on November 2, 1940, in a collision between a car in which he was riding as a guest, driven by Mary Besaw, and one driven by William Branden-berg. At the time of his death Mr. Schmutzler was seventy-four years old and he had been a retired farmer since 1936. Some time before this decedent suffered a recurrence of prostate trouble and it was…