Sowers v. King

C. O. BROWN, District Judge.

Samuel Scott Sowers died at his residence near Jackson, on the 18th day of June, 1920, leaving a widow, the plaintiff in error in this case, and a minor son, eight years old. The widow authorized a message to the defendant in error, W. J. King, an undertaker doing business at Driggs, Idaho, asking him to come to the Sowers ranch, bring with him a black casket, and be prepared to embalm the body for shipment. The defendant in error at once employed a local garage to take him and the casket and necessary equipment to the Sowers ranch. Owing to the muddy condition of…