Davis v. Hauk & Schmidt, Inc.

Plaintiff’s decedent, while a passenger in a motor vehicle operated by one Herman Weiss, was killed in a collision between that vehicle and the motor vehicle owned by the defendant Hauk & Schmidt, Inc., and driven by its chauffeur, the defendant Geiser.

Plaintiff’s complaint charges that the accident was due to the negligence of the above-mentioned defendants, and that the deceased was free from any contributory negligence. The appellant served its answer, in which it denied the material allegations of the complaint and alleged that the accident was due to the negligence of plaintiff’s…