Aldridge v. Morris

Plaintiff, Mary Aldridge, administratrix of the estate of Mildred R. Seeber, deceased, is appealing from a judgment of the circuit court of Peoria county, entered upon a jury verdict finding defendant, Arthur Morris, not guilty, in a proceeding for damages for the wrongful death of plaintiff’s deceased in a collision between the car driven by defendant and a Shell oil truck.

There are three legal issues presented on this appeal: whether the verdict of the jury is manifestly against the weight of the evidence; whether certain instructions were improper; and whether the matter of a covenant not…