Stehouwer v. Lewis

Cornelius Stelionwer, as administrator of the estate of Teunis Stehouwer, deceased, brought this suit under the survival act (3 Comp. Laws 1915, § 12383), against Mary Lewis, of Sturgis, Michigan. Defendant Max Lewis, her husband, was the owner of a car which she was driving with his knowledge and consent. Under the law he would be, therefore, jointly liable with his wife in the event that she should be liable for negligence in causing the death of plaintiff’s intestate.

Teunis was a lad of ten years of age. About 4:30 on the afternoon of the 7th day of June, 1928, he was playing on the north…