Daughhetee v. Shipley

P. A. Hollingsworth, Justice.

This case presents two questions on appeal; one on the issue of standing and one on the method of ascertaining damages to a vehicle after a collision.

One of the appellees, Allen Shipley, was driving a truck owned by his father, Ray Shipley, when he hit a cow belonging to the appellant, Virgil Daughhetee. Subsequent to the accident, but prior to the instigation of this lawsuit, Ray Shipley died of unrelated causes. His heirs, the appellees, brought suit against the appellant for $1,666.00, the estimated cost of repairing the vehicle. The appellant filed a motion to…