Blumb v. Getz

Plaintiff appellee, Josephine M. Blumb, administratrix of the estate of Frank W. Blumb, deceased, filed suit against the defendant appellant, Ben Getz, and recovered judgment in the circuit court of Tazewell county in the sum of $3,000 for the benefit of the next of kin of plaintiff’s intestate, from which an appeal was taken to the April term, A. D., 1936 of this court. The judgment was reversed upon the ground that there was no evidence tending to prove due care on the part of appellee’s intestate and that a motion for a directed verdict in favor of the defendant should have been given by…