Mazzolini v. County of Kalamazoo

Shortly after 4 o’clock, the morning of March 20, 1922, Dominica Mazzolini was driving an automobile over a country highway in Kalamazoo county, taking her husband to his work in the city of Kalamazoo. While driving along the road, over a fill between two small hills, the automobile went down the north bank of the fill, overturned upon and killed Mr. Mazzolini. This suit was brought by the administratrix of the estate of Mr. Mazzolini, to recover from the county, under the death act (so-called) the pecuniary loss occasioned his wife and three minor children by his death.

Plaintiff claimed the…