Turenne v. Smith

Loring, Justice.

After verdict for plaintiff in a suit by the special administrator of the estate of Wilfred Turenne, the case comes here on appeal from an order denying defendant’s motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or a new trial or for a reduction of the verdict by reason of the negligence of the father’s servant, the father being one of the beneficiaries of the recovery.

Joseph Turenne, father of Wilfred, collected garbage from various establishments in International Falls and in connection with that business used a dump truck. Wilfred had been in ill health and did not…