Davis v. North Coast Transportation Co.

This action was brought to recover damages for wrongful death. The widow, as executrix of the estate of the deceased, seeks recovery in her own behalf. The cause was tried to the court and a jury, and resulted in a verdict in favor of the plaintiff in the sum of twenty thousand dollars. Motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict, or in the alternative for a new trial, being made and overruled, judgment was entered against the defendant The North Coast Transportation Company for the sum of fifteen thousand dollars, and against the defendant Occidental Indemnity Company, the insurer, for…