Leonard v. Bauer

The parties to this litigation are here in reverse order of their appearance in the district court. For convenience, we refer to them as plaintiffs and defendants, or by name. Plaintiffs recovered a judgment in the amount of $2,750.00 for the death of their minor son, alleged to have been caused, or contributed to, by the negligence of defendants, to reverse which the latter prosecute a writ of error.

Fred Reffel owned a Chevrolet truck that Ted Reffel, his brother, agent and employee, was driving at the time of the accident. Deceased, Reuben Bauer, aged 16, a brother-in-law of Fred Reffel,…