Cervillo v. Manhattan Oil Co.

Plaintiff sued the Manhattan Oil Company, its successor company, and Henry Snapp to recover damages for the death of her minor son who was run over by one of the wheels of the defendant company's truck then operated by its employee, Henry Snapp. The petition contains general and specific charges of negligence and alleges a right of recovery under the humanitarian rule. The answer was a general denial and a plea that the death was caused by the sole negligence of the deceased who, knowing of the presence of the truck, negligently undertook to mount the same or to go so close thereto as to…