Weede v. Briar

The administrator of the estate of Katherine Mary Richards, deceased, brought an action for damages for her alleged wrongful death. Decedent’s death resulted from a collision of a car driven by Orlando G. Richards, her father, in whieh she was riding, and a truck owned by the appellee, Jack Briar. The case was tried to a jury who returned a.verdict for the appellee. The administrator has appealed.

The accident that occasioned the death of Katherine Mary Richards occurred sometime between 9 and 9 :45 p. m. on September 28, 1939, on Southeast Fourteenth Street in Des Moines, Iowa. This…