Marean v. Petersen

Plaintiffs as administrators of the estates of their respective decedents filed similar petitions, each claiming death damages resulting from a highway accident involving two vehicles, one an automobile owned and occupied by defendant’s decedent in which plaintiffs’ decedents were also riding, the other an opposite direction truck. The two actions were consolidated for trial to the court, judgment, was granted each plaintiff, and defendant appeals both cases.

Count one of both petitions alleged each plaintiff’s decedent was a passenger in an automobile owned and operated by defendant’s…