Beardsley v. Ostrander

— A jury verdict has been returned in favor of plaintiff-administratrix for the death of her decedent, a front seat passenger, and property damage in a head-on collision. From the judgment entered thereon defendant appeals, urging three propositions for reversal. They are: 1. The certified copy of the death certificate of plaintiff’s decedent showing injuries received in the collision was improperly admitted. 2. An instruction on yielding one half the traveled way was confusing and misleading. And 3. The trial court erred in failing to instruct as requested on the contributory negligence of…