Cashman v. Hedberg

Youngdahl, Justice.

This action is one for wrongful death brought by the special administrator of the estate of John G. Cashman, deceased, pursuant to Minn. St. 1941, § 573.02 (Mason St. 1940 Supp. § 9657). On August 10, 1940, decedent, while riding as a guest in an automobile driven by defendant upon U. S. highway No. 371 approximately four miles southwest of the city of Brainerd, was fatally injured. Plaintiff claims that defendant’s negligence in permitting the automobile to run off the highway and overturn was the cause of decedent’s death, which resulted the day of the accident. Special…